To: Orlando
26,500 miles is getting close to the area of the geo-synchronous satellites. I wonder if there might be a rather spectacular collision with one of them.
To: nightdriver
"26,500 miles is getting close to the area of the geo-synchronous satellites. I wonder if there might be a rather spectacular collision with one of them."
That would be cool, in a very expensive way.
Actually the geosynchronous satellites, even though they are spread out over a ring over 50,000 miles in diameter, are in a fairly thin band and present a much smaller aggregate cross section than the earth itself. I would expect the planet to be hit more often than any of them.
30 posted on
03/17/2004 11:24:07 PM PST by
Geritol
(Lord willing, there will be a later...)
To: nightdriver
Both objects might as well be the size of a grain of sand considering the distances involved.
36 posted on
03/17/2004 11:39:40 PM PST by
The KG9 Kid
(Semper Fi)
To: nightdriver
It doesn't matter if the asteroid hits the satellite, or the satellite hits the asteroid, it's going to be bad for the satellite!
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