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How massive would an object need to be to attract space debris using the object's gravitational pull? I am guessing it is way more massive than anything we can
by hn72774 2y ago
How massive would an object need to be to attract space debris using the object's gravitational pull?
I am guessing it is way more massive than anything we can put into orbit.
- dotancohen 2y agoYou would not be attracting stationary objects, you would be attracting things flying past at tens of thousands of whatever unit per hour you like best. Gravity is nowhere near strong enough to affect these objects for purposes of collecting them.
- magicalhippo 2y agoYou don't need to collect them, just perturb their orbit enough that they burn up in a reasonably short time. Still not viable I assume, but...
- Aeolun 2y agoI doubt you can put an extra small moon into space, but maybe you could bring in a massive asteroid? I guess the big problem is that it’d affect the intact satallites a lot more than the debris.
- cjbgkagh 2y agoYou mean the things currently escaping the gravity of the Earth?