That would be expected. If several objects started at the same point (the satellite) with an initial velocity in different directions, you would expect them to orbit the earth and then cross back through the same original point. So they should all come back together to the same point one orbit later (almost exactly 24 hours). Unless some pieces get a different force applied to them versus other pieces. Such as due to solar wind/pressure. Although you wouldn't necessarily expect them all to arrive back at the same moment. Some would have a faster or slower orbit. But coming back together makes sense if the video is more than 12 hours long. - George On 7/2/2017 12:00 PM, David Tiller via Seesat-l wrote: > Perhaps it's an optical illusion, but if you hop around in the video, the large chuck that exits 'SE' of the main satellite appears to move closer later in the video. > > Stop the video at 3:30 or so and then click over to 5:31-ish. It appears to move back toward the sat. Again, it might just be an artifact of how the video was shot (zoom pulled out, etc). > > -- > David Tiller > Sr. Architect/Lead Consultant | CapTech > (804) 304-0638 | dtiller_at_captechconsulting.com > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Tue Jul 04 2017 - 14:08:07 UTC
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