防備撞擊：科學家警告另一部失控的三噸望遠鏡正在高速飛向地球

防備撞擊：科學家警告另一部失控的三噸望遠鏡正在高速飛向地球
Brace for impact: Scientists warn ANOTHER out-of-control three ton telescope is hurtling towards the Earth at high speed
By Allan Hall
Last updated at 8:23 AM on 11th October 2011
Translation by Autumnson Blog

Earth has been told to brace for a possible satellite collision as an orbiting telescope weighing nearly three tons has spun out of control and is plummeting homewards.
地球已被告知防備一次可能的衛星撞擊，因為一個重達三噸的繞軌道望遠鏡，已被拉出控制和直線降下回家。
ROSAT, a German X-ray telescope built with British and American technology, has been orbiting the Earth since 1990 and has provided invaluable data on stars. But they lost contact with it in 1999.
一個用英國和美國技術建成的德國X射線望遠鏡ROSAT，自1990年以來一直圍繞地球軌道及已提供寶貴的行星數據。但在1999年他們已與它失去聯絡。
It is now predicted to re-enter Earth's atmosphere at the end of this month.
現在預計它將在本月底重新進入地球大氣層。

Heavens above: An artist's impression of the ROSAT satellite, which is expected to plunge to Earth at the end of the month
上有天堂：一個藝術家對衛星ROSAT的印象，預計它將在本月底墮下地球

The German Aerospace Center has warned that 30 'individual pieces weighing a total of 1.6 tons may reach the surface of the Earth'.
德國航空航天中心已警告，30'件，共重1.6噸的個別碎片可能到達地球表面“。
ROSAT’s heat-resistant mirror in particular may not burn up upon re-entry and falling debris may include razor-sharp shards.
特別是ROSAT的抗熱鏡，可能不會在重入大氣層時燃燒起來，和墜落的垃圾可能會包括鋒利的碎片。

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