The prediction has prompted the Sri Lankan government to impose a temporary no-fly zone and a fishing ban as a precaution.
The orbiting object, named WT1190F and thought to be a discarded rocket body, is expected to re-enter the atmosphere at around 1:19 a.m. ET Friday or 11:49 a.m. local time.
It appears to be hollow and "at most a couple of metres in diameter," according to the European Space Agency's Near Earth Object Coordination Centre, which has been studying it .... http://www.cbc.ca
