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Some 16,000 objects up in orbit. they range in size from just four inches in diameter to that six ton satellite that is currently spiraling out of control. where this thing will land tomorrow is still anyones guess. listen here. >> this object is uncontrolled. so its behaving in ways that are random in essence much its frustrating to not be able to predict it with more accuracy. but its known this is a problem. >> we should also point out that now adays, the satellites are built with an extra en...

Hit earth. martha: refrigerator size! bill: were tracking it. the latest on where they think it may land. martha: stay tuned for that. >> where is it going to land? >> we dont know. >> anywhere? thats great! >> i read about it. >> are you worried? >> no. i remember back where the sky lab was falling down and it made for some good parties.

but overall that idea that the fed thinks that there are still significant downside risks, kyra, that has people unnerved. stocks are down. oil is down big. gold is down, as well. so, youre seeing a real movement out of some of these commodities and stocks today on this idea that the economy is not out of the woods yet, kyra? >> well look for the numbers in 28 1/2 minutes, thanks so much. the threat of a new government shutdown an intense round of voting rejected a spending bill and ...

Degrees north and 57 degrees south. thats essentially between new finland and argentina. and that means that only the 1,000 people or so who live innant arcty ka are absolutely safe. the odds of getting hit by space debris since 75% of the earth is covered by water, nasa says the chances are 1 in 3200 some human somewhere will be hit. with 7 billion humans on the planet the chance youll be hit is 1 in 21 trillion. the chance youll get hit by lightning this year, 1 in 1 million. the biggest piece...

>> you may say hey, didnt this happen before? you would be right. space debris falls regularly. this is the biggest piece from nasa since sky lab. tameron, you are only 23, but i remember sky lab falling to earth in 1979. i was a kid and i was visiting washington, d.c. back then. the whole world was going crazy about sky lab falling to earth. it fell harmlessly into the ocean and western australia. nobody was hit whatsoever. they think that the vast majority of this satellite is going to complet...

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Not really. when you think about this current satellite, it weighs .bout 6 tons, the size of a -- of a school bus. sky lab broke apart over australia and fortunately nobody was injured but nasa also points out we have a lot of space debris that enters the earths atmosphere every day but its so small it usually burns up and disintegrates, and obviously, this satellite is far more uncommon. bill: get your cameras ready to rue -- to viewers at home, we are tracking this, go to fox news.cole and we ...