llamacoffee@lemmy.world to [Dormant] moved to [email protected]@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoHere’s how a satellite ended up as a ghostly apparition on Google Eartharstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up130arrow-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 · 8 months agomessage-square3linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarejetAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoThis is so neat. Makes me want to do orbital mechanics
minus-squareMysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoOrbital 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!