A 9.4-ton Chinese space station will soon begin falling to Earth and New Jersey is part of a swath of the planet where debris from the space craft could land. And it could happen on April Fool's Day, which is also Easter this year.

An analysis by the non-profit Aerospace Corporation shows that the Tiangong-1, the first space station built and launched by China, is predicted to reenter the planet's atmosphere on April Fool's Day/Easter, plus or minus 36 hours.

It has been orbiting uncontrolled since at least June 2016.

The analysis shows that the station will reenter somewhere between 43 degrees North and 43 degrees South latitudes, placing it in a band between north California and New Jersey, as well as southern sections of Europe and much of China and Japan.

Fortunately the odds of the debris hitting a person are "about 1 million times smaller than the odds of winning the Powerball jackpot," according to the analysis.

"In the history of spaceflight, no known person has ever been harmed by reentering space debris," the analysis states.

The only known case of space debris striking a person is when a Tulsa, Oklahoma woman was struck by a small piece of space debris in 1996 but was not harmed.

However, there may be a highly toxic/corrosive substance called hydrazine on board the spacecraft that could survive reentry.

So if you find something strange on the ground after Easter dinner, don't touch it.

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