“That report found a total of almost 20,000 pieces of space junk....”
Really amazing that they can keep track of it all. But I bet the guy still heads out to NASA (or wherever) in the morning and says “Hey Honey!? Have you seen my car keys?”
Several years ago I knew (from friends in the tracking business) that they were still tracking a glove that was jettisoned by one of our astronauts after a space walk during the Gemini program.