whotookkarl@lemmy.world to theydidthemath@lemm.ee · edit-23 months agoIf you jumped off the ISS, how long would it take for your body to de-orbit?message-squaremessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareIf you jumped off the ISS, how long would it take for your body to de-orbit?whotookkarl@lemmy.world to theydidthemath@lemm.ee · edit-23 months agomessage-square8linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoPerpendicular as in port/starboard or zenith/nadir?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoFirst one, then the other. But towards/away from the center of the gravity well is probably most interesting
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI think jumping port/starboard would just change the inclination of your orbit. Not sure if jumping zenith/nadir would change the height of your apogee/perigee, or the location. Maybe both?
Perpendicular as in port/starboard or zenith/nadir?
First one, then the other.
But towards/away from the center of the gravity well is probably most interesting
I think jumping port/starboard would just change the inclination of your orbit.
Not sure if jumping zenith/nadir would change the height of your apogee/perigee, or the location. Maybe both?