XKCD has the answer.
https://www.xkcd.com/681/
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There is a good chance that id did come down in the Andes, the Russian media spiel says that it came down in the pacific, which has been repeated across the globe, but from what I've heard it seems that it would have de-orbited too early to be where they reported. I'm waiting to see if there are any news reports when Chile and Argentina wake up.
You can't keep a satellite up without expending power, even Geosync satellites need a little power for station keeping, in a low earth orbit you have atmospheric drag to contend with, let alone avoiding all the bits and bobs that are spinning around up there. Send it to the moon, get some sort of work out of it, although I bet that's going to be tricky as the moon has a higher G than phobos.
From the comments that are going around on the MPML list, it's fooked.
"I just watched it pass from San Francisco. This thing is tumbling. It started out ISS bright. Then it faded. Then it intensified to the brightness of an iridium flare. Peak-to-peak was about 20 seconds.
Tommorow night, SF has an even higher viewing.
-Tony"
I've had a blackberry for a few years now, but the next phone will be an Iphone, either a 4, 4s or 5 depending on the specs of whatever is produced.
Currently the AppWorld doesn't work at all, I've got applications on the blackberry that I use every day that I cannot use because an update is required.
Some of my First bought DVD's have already died, CD's have a built in 10 year limit, I'm guessing at the number of recent failures that I've been experiencing DVD's have the same life time ( Alien box set, only 2 disks work ). We will have to wait to see how long Blu Ray last.
The description of a planet, is that it is sufficiently large enough to clear it's orbit of asteroids.
Then they find yet another asteroid in a horse-shoe orbit
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-04-horseshoe-orbit-earth-companion-asteroid.html
Earth isn't a planet, it's a minor planet.