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Re:Starlink satellites hindering detection of near-Earth ast... by dTal on Friday January 21, 2022 @09:33AM (#30023970)
>The fact starlink is an inconvenience to amateur stargazers doesn't seem very important in comparison.

Hm, I recall reading recently that Starlink satellites are hindering detection of near-Earth asteroids though. Can't remember where. It's probably not important.

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Re:Starlink satellites hindering detection of near-Earth ast... by edgyquant on Friday January 21, 2022 @10:16AM (#30024598)
Wouldn’t it be better to move the instruments for detection outside of earth’s atmosphere anyway? Same with most telescopes.
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Re:Starlink satellites hindering detection of near-Earth ast... by addicted on Friday January 21, 2022 @11:56AM (#30026244)
Sure.

And I'm sure Starlink will be ponying the money for that.

Or wait to deploy their satellites until that process is completed.

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Re:Starlink satellites hindering detection of near-Earth ast... by edgyquant on Saturday January 22, 2022 @05:32PM (#30041484)
Why would they? It isn’t like asteroids are now impossible to detect, just harder, while we don’t actually have any counter for an asteroid that was going to crash into the Earth anyway.
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Re:Starlink satellites hindering detection of near-Earth ast... by hackeraccount on Friday January 21, 2022 @09:43AM (#30024110)
What's the cost/benefit on the two options (and for all I know there may be more then two)

* get rid of starlink and any like minded projects

* create work around so you can have Starlink type projects and still detect asteroids.

It seems like the second option should be viable - if you know exactly where all the satellites are couldn't you create a filter?

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