First debris pieces from the Indian ASAT test of 27 March catalogued

Re:First debris pieces from the Indian ASAT test of 27 March... by russdill on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @02:20AM (#19736013)

Highly inclined orbits don't converge any more than any other orbits converge. Orbits with low inclinations also intersect just as often assuming they shifted slightly. There isn't anything special about high or low inclinations, it just tells you what the Earth is doing in respect to the satellite.

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Re:First debris pieces from the Indian ASAT test of 27 March... by walrus01 on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @02:35AM (#19736075)

90 degree inclination all converge over the poles. The dead Russian satellite that collided with an iridium satellite a few years ago is a good example.

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Re:First debris pieces from the Indian ASAT test of 27 March... by dragonwriter on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @05:50PM (#19742938)

Any two circular orbits of equal radius are either identical (potentially excluding direction) or intersects at two points.

which two points is irrelevant to the chance of collision.

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Re:First debris pieces from the Indian ASAT test of 27 March... by russdill on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @05:45PM (#19742900)

To prove the to yourself, tilt the Earth by 30 degrees. Some 90 degree inclination orbits are now 60, some still 90, and the rest in-between. They do not converge over there poles. Did their chance of collisions change?

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Re:First debris pieces from the Indian ASAT test of 27 March... by russdill on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @05:31PM (#19742780)

First, neither satellite had a 90 degree inclination. Second, it doesn't matter if they did. The number of collisions possible wouldn't change.

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