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To: rhombus

Everything on Earth orbit will come down sooner or later.


43 posted on 02/14/2008 9:33:18 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (John McCain - The Manchurian Candidate? http://www.usvetdsp.com/manchuan.htm)
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To: mad_as_he$$

Well, no, not exactly...not if one includes our Moon, as being in or "on" Earth orbit.

But I would think you would be correct if speaking of all of the man-made, near Earth satellites.

Like others have pointed out, in this case, this satellite is coming down, one way or another...if it's hit and broken up while in rapidly decaying orbit, becoming increasingly slowed by the atmosphere, even before being hit, then most likely the pieces will fall to Earth shortly.

Everything else nearby, unless some force acts upon them to increase their seperate velocities, or even only retain their current velocity, will slow, and eventually if not sooner fall. Or so we are led to believe, there being nothing else in evidence to dispute it...

107 posted on 02/14/2008 12:02:09 PM PST by BlueDragon (what a sad song it has become, no?)
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