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I always dislike those visualisations as it gives the impression it’s crowded, because the dots aren’t to scale. Are the orbits in opposing directions? If not,
by onethought 6y ago
I always dislike those visualisations as it gives the impression it’s crowded, because the dots aren’t to scale.
Are the orbits in opposing directions? If not, then the 25k number isn’t meaningful right? Their relative velocity is what matters
That’s interesting about the ISS I hadn’t heard of that as a regular thing.
- onethought 6y agoJust to follow up on the ISS, they have made a total of 20 avoidance maneuverers and they do it if they calculate the chance of hitting as greater than 1 in 10000. So it is a thing, but I wouldn’t call < 1 per year regular