llamacoffee@lemmy.world to [Dormant] moved to [email protected]@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 个月前Here’s how a satellite ended up as a ghostly apparition on Google Eartharstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkHere’s how a satellite ended up as a ghostly apparition on Google Eartharstechnica.comllamacoffee@lemmy.world to [Dormant] moved to [email protected]@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 个月前message-square3linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarejetAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 个月前This is so neat. Makes me want to do orbital mechanics
minus-squareMysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 个月前Orbital mechanics is wild - satellites move so fast (like 7-8 km/s) that Google Earth’s cameras literally catch them as streaks or ghostly blurs because the exposure time is longer than the satelite’s transit through the frame!
This is so neat. Makes me want to do orbital mechanics
Orbital mechanics is wild - satellites move so fast (like 7-8 km/s) that Google Earth’s cameras literally catch them as streaks or ghostly blurs because the exposure time is longer than the satelite’s transit through the frame!