Comment on Even in space it's possible to get hit by a self-driving Tesla.

nucleative@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• e0qdk@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Heliocentric orbit like this:

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  • Wikipedia article
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  • nucleative@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s actually pretty cool. That thing might be forgot about and then found again 10,000 years from now

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    • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s already happened once. A couple years ago some astronomer spotted a small asteroid with a high albedo (it was very reflective, brighter than normal).

      After some Internet folks verified, and with a few more observations they were able to calculate its orbit. Turns out the orbit matched that of the Tesla shit into space. The high albedo would make sense as the Tesla is still connected to the falcon 9 upper stage, which is painted all white.

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    • zorflieg@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You factor in that it’s SpaceX calculations. So an example could be between 10000 years or 10000 seconds.

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• NorthWestWind@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Cargo space

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