3 ms·
> This still doesn't indicate anything. It does indicate something. It indicates that > they weren't expecting this to happen so soon after the launch The de
by BobbyJo 4y ago
> This still doesn't indicate anything.
It does indicate something. It indicates that
> they weren't expecting this to happen so soon after the launch
The delta matters, but no matter the delta, the fact that it defied expectation stands.
- wiz21c 4y agoHow does one even collect information about the probability of being hit by something that big in space ? They counted hits on things (ships) that came back from space ?
- jaggederest 4y agoThey've launched flat plates made of aerogel to capture orbital debris. For example: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/stardust/home/index.html https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/stardust/home/index.html
- Termitiono 4y agoThe lagrange point itself has a probability how realistic it is that something can be cought in it / if it stays there. There are other points were stones collect like l4 and l5. Then we have Hubble (and over 100 others as a benchmark, a few ships/missions like to the moon and Mars. Herschel space observatory was also on l2. There is a wiki Artikel called 'list of objects at langrange points'