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Space debris - Artist view

by

Space Channel/Novapix

Reference

e-ill03-00001

Date

2006-12-17

Approximately 11,000 objects larger than 10 cm are known to exist around the Earth. The estimated population of particles between 1 and 10 cm in diameter is greater than 100,000. The number of particles smaller than 1 cm probably exceeds tens of millions.