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Satellites circling earth (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca
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With all these pics from the Artemis, including ones from the earth; why don't we see any satellites and other stuff that circles the earth? Are they too small to see at these distances? Still, i would expect some of them to at least glint in the sunlight.

Update; thanks for confirming it's indeed that they are too small to see. Also, i didn't think of the pixels, good point.

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[โ€“] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

If you get some place you can see the starry sky, sometimes you can pick out satellites. It might look like a small bright star moving across the sky in a straight line.

Sometimes they're just aircraft. I'm not really up on my astronomy, so I'm sure some of them could be other celestial bodies. But I'm pretty sure a satellite appears to move faster than a planet and slower than a shooting star

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  • [โ€“] [S] 2 points 7 months ago

    Yes, i see them frequently. Planes often have blinking lights and fly lower. And shooting stars are already gone in the blink of an eye. Also, i have an app -Stellarium - that, if in doubt, shows whether they're satellites.

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