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PIOGGIA DI METEORITI MINACCIA LA VITA DI ALCUNI SATELLITI

LONDRA, Secondo alcuni astronomi una pioggia di meteoriti, prevista tra il 17 ed il 19 novembre, potrebbe mettere a repantaglio il funzionamento di alcuni satelliti. Mark Bailey, astronomo dell'osservatorio di Armagh, nell'Irlanda del Nord, ha dichiarato che tali meteoriti, seppur di piccolissime dimensioni, possono danneggiare seriamente un satellite provocandone il cortocircuito del sistema elettrico....

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Roma, Italia, 09/24/2001 13:44
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