[help] Satellite orbit question

[jaylake]

I swear this went through Link Salad in the last year or two, but I cannot run it down

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Re: I thought I heard someone say "rocket science."

[jaylake]

Sorry, I was unclear. I am thinking of a fictional planet with no major moons, otherwise Earthlike in mass, orbit, etc.

(And I swear I saw an article about an artificial satellite in a million-year+ orbit...)

Re: I thought I heard someone say "rocket science."

[jaylake]

Thanks! And yes, this can be a dysfunctional orbit -- the artefact is abandoned, but still orbiting. So I'll just leave it as "high orbit".

Re: I thought I heard someone say "rocket science."

[jaylake]

And I give you...

The checkered panels showed plentiful signs of both the original damage that had slain all occupants, and the millennium of micrometeroids that had since peppered the station. Still, it was in rather good shape.

As the very, very old joke went, it was not remarkable that the dog spoke well, it was remarkable that the dog spoke at all.

Re: I thought I heard someone say "rocket science."

[jaylake]

Well-done on the -ite/-oid call, too. ;)

I actually had to look that up to make sure I got it right...

Re: I thought I heard someone say "rocket science."

[jaylake]

I take the credit for being smart enough to know I needed to look it up, and knowing what to look *for*... :D