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Good point! So we would want to calculate the surface area excluding the poles? We could calculate it more accurately, but the surface area excluding the pole
by epicureanideal 5y ago
Good point! So we would want to calculate the surface area excluding the poles?
We could calculate it more accurately, but the surface area excluding the poles is definitely more than 50%, probably closer to 60-80% of the total surface area, right? So the estimate is still mostly reasonable.
- tejtm 5y agoI think each great circle has its own poles orthogonal to its inclination and earth's poles has naught to do with it. Without station keeping, LEO orbits (thankfully) degrade so the outter shells will be gradually bleeding into the lower shells as well.
- vkou 5y agoYou want to calculate the number of orbital intersections, and space them out to avoid collisions.