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Could we, somehow, come up with something to add rings to earth? Not because they would be remotely useful, just to make the sky more fun to look at
by 9dev 8y ago
Could we, somehow, come up with something to add rings to earth? Not because they would be remotely useful, just to make the sky more fun to look at
- huhtenberg 8y agoFinally, a practical use for AR goggles!
- wavefunction 8y agoWe could just kill all the light pollution and give everyone something truly spectacular to look at.
- bdamm 8y agoEarth has several rings now; a ring of satellites at geostationary orbit, and an accretion disk of space trash at the equator in LEO. Also for fun try the "Sky Guide" app and have it alert you when the ISS is visible overhead. That is fun to look at. And the planets have been really nice this month, with Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars all super bright. So nice!
- jonathanpoulter 8y agoLEO billboards?
- twic 8y agoRing systems are most enjoyable to look at when you're not in the plane of the rings. From in the plane, you're looking at them side-on, and they're flat, so that's a thin line across the sky. On earth, you would always be (roughly) in the plane. Really, you want to add rings to the moon.
- twic 8y agoOkay, an earth ring might be pretty good from temperate latitudes: https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/what-if/what-if-earth-had-rings.htm https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/what-if/wh... I'd still rather have a terrifyingly large disco ball though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8I25H3bnNw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8I25H3bnNw