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It's really difficult to get a stable orbit that won't eventually decay, and even if you did manage to get a long-term stable orbit, a random piece of space jun
by Finster 13y ago
It's really difficult to get a stable orbit that won't eventually decay, and even if you did manage to get a long-term stable orbit, a random piece of space junk could send it into a decaying orbit.
- mitchty 13y agoThe Lagrange points would be an ideal area and shouldn't decay. As for space junk, fill up each Lagrange point so its redundant. Basically hope for the best that all of them don't get hit. Even still, no guarantees.
- Finster 13y agoI'm no expert on orbital mechanics but aren't the Lagrange points unstable critical points? Or is that only certain Lagrange points that are unstable?
- btilly 13y agoThere are 5 Lagrange points. Two of them are stable, and the other three are unstable. The two points that would make sense for something like this are in the orbit of the Moon exactly 60 degrees ahead, and 60 degrees behind.