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Comment by ceejayoz

4 months ago

It wasn’t at orbital speeds yet.

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ricardobeat  4 months ago

Over 21000km/h when it broke up, compared to ~28k for stuff orbiting in LEO. Should still go quite far.

  • ceejayoz  4 months ago

    Yes, although drag is gonna be… substantially higher like this as well.

    • InDubioProRubio  4 months ago

      Does melting down not reshape metallic particles into ideal droplett parts ?

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