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What are the chances of it wiping out our (artificial) satellites in 2029? It's pretty crowded up there, right?
by darkarmani 14y ago
What are the chances of it wiping out our (artificial) satellites in 2029? It's pretty crowded up there, right?
- Tuna-Fish 14y agoIf your definition for crowded is "mean distances between satellites is more than 1000km." Space is big. The geostationary orbit has a diameter of 265000km, and there are something like 200 satellites up there. The lower orbits have a lot of gunk on them, but this asteroid will only cross the geostationary orbit. It's pretty damn unlikely it will hit anything.
- mdc 14y agoI think you mean the circumference of geostationary orbit is 265000km. Diameter is about 36000km.