Timeline for Are pictures of Earth' space junk realistic?
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| Sep 17, 2021 at 8:02 | answer | added | Calin Ceteras | timeline score: 5 | |
| Sep 17, 2021 at 6:09 | comment | added | Gimelist | Not completely related to your question, but something that helps get the scale of things in space: joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html | |
| Sep 16, 2021 at 18:07 | answer | added | JonathanReez | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 16, 2021 at 17:51 | comment | added | J... | One satellite's solar arrays will not actually span the entire width of the Mediterranean Sea. That should be a big "not-to-scale" clue... | |
| Sep 16, 2021 at 14:20 | comment | added | CuteKItty_pleaseStopBArking | If the junk is displayed to scale, you would need a computer screen several miles wide and tall, for even the ISS (the biggest thing out there) to display as a single pixel. For analogy of that orbital picture: Display a picture of NewYork city that fills your monitor, but rescale each car in it up to 1/4 inch length on the screen. It will appear...crowded, with about 5 million car showing. | |
| Sep 16, 2021 at 11:03 | comment | added | Mazura | Unless it's in black and white it's almost assuredly an artist's representation. That's not even a 'picture'; it's 100% CGI. Gallery of 'actual images' from space? Answer : not really. | |
| Sep 16, 2021 at 8:01 | answer | added | fraxinus | timeline score: 18 | |
| Sep 16, 2021 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSpaceExp/status/1438382151171551232 | ||
| Sep 16, 2021 at 0:44 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Sep 15, 2021 at 22:11 | comment | added | uhoh | I'm pretty sure that a similar question has been asked and answered before. It may not be a duplicate but if we can link the two and call attention to previous answers it will be at least informative to future readers. | |
| Sep 15, 2021 at 20:16 | comment | added | Rodo | I noticed that after an answer here mentioned it but that link is just an example. Several other links/pictures don't say anything. Thanks. | |
| Sep 15, 2021 at 19:14 | comment | added | Max Q Lagrange | Embedded at the bottom of the image in question is the following disclaimer: "Note: Artist's Impression; size of debris exaggerated as compared to the Earth" | |
| Sep 15, 2021 at 18:11 | vote | accept | Rodo | ||
| Sep 15, 2021 at 16:52 | answer | added | Andrew is gone | timeline score: 36 | |
| Sep 15, 2021 at 16:52 | answer | added | Russell Borogove | timeline score: 51 | |
| Sep 15, 2021 at 16:41 | history | asked | Rodo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |