Comment on Astronauts dropped a tool bag during an ISS spacewalk, and you can see it with binoculars

• BossDj@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think the two numbers are perigee and apogee distance. (Closest orbital point and furthest orbital point)

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  • TauZero@mander.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The joke is that the orbit was clearly originally reported in kilometers, but the article editor “helpfully” converted it to miles and reported it in miles as default, but it makes no sense now because the same “miles” number now equals two different “kilometers” numbers.

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    • BossDj@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hah I didn’t notice

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• HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My only understanding is those two distances are the latitude/longitude and the height. Basically imagine it corkscrewing around the earth.

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• nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think that means it’s nearly geostationary but instead going in a 415ish km circle above the same spot on earth? Idk.

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  • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Geostationary orbit is at about 35k km, the ISS is at about 400 km, so its definitely not geostationary.

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  • lemming741@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The ISS hauls ass across the sky, a full orbit about every hour and a half.

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