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Have you ever heard of space junk? Most of it is pieces that have broken off from rockets or satellites, but you can also find a glove, a camera, garbage bags, a wrench and even a toothbrush. It is estimated that today, around the Earth's orbit, there are something like 36,500 pieces of space debris larger than 10 centimeters wide, which becomes a million if we count those from 10 cm to 1 cm wide. The debris that ranges from 1 cm wide to just 1 millimeter would be over 130 million. Most of this debris is found in Low Earth Orbit, that is, between 300 and 1000 km of altitude. Are they dangerous? Definitely: consider that a piece of debris of about 10 cm has the capacity to completely destroy a medium-sized satellite. 00:00 What is space junk? 00:45 What kind of junk is in space? 01:04 How much space debris is orbiting the Earth? 01:32 What problems does space debris cause? 02:38 Can the space junk problem be solved? 03:38 Some possible short-term remedies 04:24 Long-term solutions OTHER RECOMMENDED VIDEOS: -The International Space Station: • International Space Station: how... -The first images from the James Webb Space Telescope explained: • What the first images really show... -What is a light year: • What is a LIGHT YEAR explained in 6 minutes... OUR SUGGESTED ARTICLES: -https://www.geopop.it/cosa-sappiamo-s... -https://www.geopop.it/che-odore-ha-lo... -https://www.geopop.it/perche-spendiam... -https://www.geopop.it/la-nasa-ha-ricr... -https://www.geopop.it/le-prime-immagi... #spacedebris #earth #space #geopop