There's a satellite plummeting to Earth

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1. Chances of a human being hit were about 65,000 times lower than getting struck by lightning.

But don't fret. The chances of you getting hit by a chunk of the satellite are close to zero. ESA spacecraft operations manager Christoph Steiger says the chances of a human being hit were about 65,000 times lower than getting struck by lightning.

Though it has happened before.

In 1997, Lottie Williams was walking in a park in Tulsa, Oklahoma when she was hit on the shoulder by a piece of metal. The metal was later confirmed to be a piece of a Delta II rocket, reported Oklahoma's local news station.

Ms Williams was not injured in that incident, but said she was really scared when she felt something fall on her shoulder.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/goce-satellite-will-crash-into-earth/story-fnjwlcze-1226756789941