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I am a layperson and never heard about that phenomenon, please could you provide a pointer?
by JPLeRouzic 3y ago
I am a layperson and never heard about that phenomenon, please could you provide a pointer?
- bagels 3y agoI am not a layperson, and I don't think any of the models take this in to account. Lumpy earth and drag are much larger effects. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3655/ https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3655/ https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/impacts/satellite-drag https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/impacts/satellite-drag
- Buttons840 3y agoIt was just a guess. On second guess the atmosphere is a fluid so maybe it has very little effect. But when a satellite is traveling billions of miles, a little effect could easily move it a few feet one way or another, maybe. As others mentioned, there are larger effects.