Space debris/Related Articles: Difference between revisions

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A list of Citizendium articles, and planned articles, about Space debris.

See also changes related to Space debris, or pages that link to Space debris or to this page or whose text contains "Space debris".

Satellite [r]: An object that travels in orbit around a more massive body. ^[e]
Orbit [r]: A (nearly) closed or repeating path ^[1] traveled by one object around another due to the force of gravity. Orbits are approximately elliptical in shape, and can be very nearly circular. (A circle is a special case of an ellipse, where the ellipse has an eccentricity of zero.) ^[e]

International Space Station [r]: A space station currently in earth orbit assembled collaboratively by the space agencies of many nations. ^[e]
Space Shuttle [r]: Add brief definition or description
Hubble Space Telescope [r]: A telescope in orbit around the Earth that has made many important astronomical observations. ^[e]

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 ==Terminology==
-* [[Satellite]]s are objects that travel around a more massive body.
+{{r|Satellite}}
-* An [[orbit]] is the path a satellite takes around its parent body.
+{{r|Orbit}}
 ==Major sources of space debris==
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 ==Important satellites==
-* [[International Space Station]]
+{{r|International Space Station}}
-* [[Space Shuttle]] (when in orbit)
+{{r|Space Shuttle}}
-* [[Hubble Space Telescope]]
+{{r|Hubble Space Telescope}}