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Old 23rd Oct 2011, 20:51
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awblain
 
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How far in 4 hours?
About 75,000 miles.

You should have been fairly safe in Irkutsk. At almost 53 deg N, that was the maximum northerly extent of ROSAT's orbit. Although, the debris would have approached you from right behind.
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