NASA asteroid scientists versus 13-year-old.

On Apr 18, 2:31 pm, "Jeff Findley"
wrote:

Why? The trajectory analysis says it's not going to come anywhere near GEO
comsats. Remember, these aren't scattered at random, they're all in in
equitorial orbits at the same altitude. Apophis would need to cross that
very thin hula-hoop shaped region containing the GEO comsats for this ever
to become a problem.

The functioning comsats are. But what about the ones that didn't
quite go where planned, the various odds and ends associated with
putting the collection up, and whatever other trash we've polluted our
backyard with?

I'm not saying any of that is in the path of potential collision, but
I am saying that I'd think it necessary to consider more than just the
working satellites that ended up in the hula hoop region where they
are supposed to be...

wrote:
I'm not saying any of that is in the path of potential collision, but
I am saying that I'd think it necessary to consider more than just the
working satellites that ended up in the hula hoop region where they
are supposed to be...


There's also the Russian ones in Molniya orbits.
The interesting thing is that a collision with a satellite in 2029 would
be every bit as liable to change its orbit so that it ends up missing
Earth by a wider margin rather than getting closer to it in 2036.

Pat

On Apr 24, 2:44*pm, Dave Michelson wrote:

Two peoples separated by a common language, indeed!

Rather more than two, old fruit

On Apr 29, 12:22*am, wrote:

The functioning comsats are. *But what about the ones that didn't
quite go where planned, the various odds and ends associated with
putting the collection up, and whatever other trash we've polluted our
backyard with?

Front yard, I'd say - our visitors will see it first