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Actually, Moon is rather immune to Kessler syndrone due to its bumpy gravity caused by sub-surface mass concentrations. So Kessler syndrome could certainly dev
by m4rtink 3y ago
Actually, Moon is rather immune to Kessler syndrone due to its bumpy gravity caused by sub-surface mass concentrations.
So Kessler syndrome could certainly develop for a whiley but would be cleaned up rather quickly as all the pulling & pushing of the "rough" gravity converts the orbital speed into heat, until all the fragments impact the surface.
Might be a bit more dangerous on the surface for a while though, with lot of stuff striking it at near orbital speed in an almost horizontal direction. That could ruin your evening stroll quite badly.
- bigiain 3y agoI wonder if "would be cleaned up rather quickly" means hours, months, or decades?
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- m4rtink 3y agoIIRC single digit years probably - Apollo missions released a couple sub satellites and missions control was then very surprised when those satellites lost altitude and crashed in a matter of months. In comparison, there is likely still stuff from the 60s in orbit around Mars, and that's for a body with (thin) atmosphere.