Everything in an orbit moves at exactly the same speed. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler's_laws_of_planetary_motion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keple

Everything in an orbit moves at exactly the same speed. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler's_laws_of_planetary_motion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler's_laws_of_planetary_m... You can only collide with an orbiting object if one of you is changing orbits. It's very difficult to force to objects to meet in orbit with nearly the same velocity; it requires complex active maneuvering.