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Thread #118591   Message #3181189
Posted By: EBarnacle
04-Jul-11 - 09:23 AM
Thread Name: BS: Oops! (Russian-American Space Crash)
Subject: RE: BS: Oops! (Russian-American Space Crash)
If they are in the same orbit and travelling at the same speed, the probability of collision is 0. If they are in intersecting orbits, their relative speed and mass determine the energy of any meeting. The point of my earlier post is that the more objects out there, the higher the probability of collision.