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excalibur
on May 13, 2023
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Saturn's rings are far younger than once thought
If we blow ourselves up, will all of the junk we left in orbit around the earth eventually form rings of garbage?
rglover
on May 13, 2023
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justrealist
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No, the vast majority is in LEO and will drop in a few decades.
dotancohen
on May 14, 2023
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The Geo sats will stay up for millions of years though. The graveyard orbits, just a few hundreds of km above Geo, brushes up on ten million years from what I've been told. I can not actually find a reliable source online that gives any number.
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