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1 Orbital Debris

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Imagine being hit with a bowling ball moving at 100 km/hr. Now imagine being hit with pea traveling at 7 km/sec (25,200 km/hr). Both impacts would release about the same amount of energy, causing comparable damage. By anyone's definition, this would make it a bad day. When it comes to being hit by a moving object, size matters- but speed matters more.

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    Les Johnson

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Johnson, L. (2013). 1 Orbital Debris. In: Sky Alert!. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1830-6_3

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