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Highly inclined orbits don't converge any more than any other orbits converge. Orbits with low inclinations also intersect just as often assuming they shifted s
by russdill 8y ago
Highly inclined orbits don't converge any more than any other orbits converge. Orbits with low inclinations also intersect just as often assuming they shifted slightly. There isn't anything special about high or low inclinations, it just tells you what the Earth is doing in respect to the satellite.
- walrus01 8y ago90 degree inclination all converge over the poles. The dead Russian satellite that collided with an iridium satellite a few years ago is a good example.
- russdill 8y agoFirst, neither satellite had a 90 degree inclination. Second, it doesn't matter if they did. The number of collisions possible wouldn't change.
- russdill 8y agoTo prove the to yourself, tilt the Earth by 30 degrees. Some 90 degree inclination orbits are now 60, some still 90, and the rest in-between. They do not converge over there poles. Did their chance of collisions change?
- dragonwriter 8y agoAny two circular orbits of equal radius are either identical (potentially excluding direction) or intersects at two points. which two points is irrelevant to the chance of collision.