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How Crowded is Earth's Orbit?
Posted on 1/25/20 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 1/25/20 at 12:48 pm
I was reading this article about an old DirectTv satellite that has come to the end of its life:
DirecTV Satellite
That made me start thinking about what all is really orbiting our planet and how crowded the space around Earth is. I found this article from Popular Science that pointed me to an interactive map:
Popular Science
The map puts into perspective how much stuff is really out there, and it is amazing to think about. We have managed to nearly make a traffic jam in space.
Stuff in Space
Check it out.
DirecTV Satellite
That made me start thinking about what all is really orbiting our planet and how crowded the space around Earth is. I found this article from Popular Science that pointed me to an interactive map:
Popular Science
The map puts into perspective how much stuff is really out there, and it is amazing to think about. We have managed to nearly make a traffic jam in space.
Stuff in Space
Check it out.
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Posted on 1/25/20 at 12:49 pm to LegendInMyMind
Very crowded
Posted on 1/25/20 at 12:51 pm to yatesdog38
We will be out of room in no time!
Posted on 1/25/20 at 12:52 pm to LegendInMyMind
Crazy how internet goes out in a storm and all those things out there have signal, or used to. Lol
Posted on 1/25/20 at 12:53 pm to LegendInMyMind
There’s plenty of space for more
Posted on 1/25/20 at 1:00 pm to LegendInMyMind
Thanks Elon
Posted on 1/25/20 at 1:01 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
quote:
Thanks Elon
If I was Elon, I would have designed a better looking truck.
Posted on 1/25/20 at 1:05 pm to LegendInMyMind
Posted on 1/25/20 at 2:02 pm to LegendInMyMind
Posted on 1/25/20 at 2:07 pm to LegendInMyMind
f.y.i. if you are referring to the area of space that would be called "orbital region around Earth" (where our satellites exist)… this is technically not "Earth's Orbit". That would be the path we carve out traveling around the Sun.
Posted on 1/25/20 at 2:48 pm to LegendInMyMind
Something something something your mom’s vag is crowded
Posted on 1/25/20 at 2:52 pm to JPinLondon
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f.y.i. if you are referring to the area of space that would be called "orbital region around Earth" (where our satellites exist)… this is technically not "Earth's Orbit". That would be the path we carve out traveling around the Sun.
Thank you. You beat me to the correction/clarification.
Posted on 1/25/20 at 3:20 pm to LegendInMyMind
I’ve just wondered how spacecraft don’t hit any of it on liftoff leaving the atmosphere
Posted on 1/25/20 at 3:22 pm to LegendInMyMind
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The map puts into perspective
No it doesn’t. The maps are not to scale. We are not launching satellites the size of Rhode Island into space.
That’s like saying the Superdome is getting crowded. There is over 250,000 pieces of sand in it.
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