Pelican Parts
Parts Catalog Accessories Catalog How To Articles Tech Forums
Call Pelican Parts at 888-280-7799
Shopping Cart Cart | Project List | Order Status | Help



Go Back   Pelican Parts Forums > Miscellaneous and Off Topic Forums > Off Topic Discussions


Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread
Author
Thread Post New Thread    Reply
Registered
 
AFC-911's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: NYC
Posts: 1,859
What if Earth had rings...

Pretty interesting animation...

What If Earth Had Rings? | Universe Today

Old 11-21-2009, 01:48 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #1 (permalink)
Registered
 
GG Allin's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: ORD
Posts: 3,978
Garage
I wish Earth had rings.


It's hard to imagine what the historical take on them would have been. After all the Earth was flat 400 years ago.

Makes me wonder if there's anything natural, orbiting Earth that just can't be seen.
__________________
-Mark B. Hardware Store Engineer
1988 911 - 3.6
1999 SL500 - Gone
1995 M3 - LS2 - Gone
1993 RS America - Gone
Old 11-21-2009, 02:19 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #2 (permalink)
Registered
 
Schumi's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 5,179
Earth does have a ring- it's called geosynchronous orbit, and there's a few thousand satellites in it.
__________________
M
Old 11-21-2009, 06:30 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #3 (permalink)
Registered
 
jmshepard's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: NC
Posts: 763
Quote:
Originally Posted by Schumi View Post
Earth does have a ring- it's called geosynchronous orbit, and there's a few thousand satellites in it.
In addition, low and medium-earth, sun-synch satellite orbits would be unavailable. Would make for an interesting change in our post WWII history.

__________________
I say we take off, and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

2009 Cayman
Old 11-21-2009, 06:38 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #4 (permalink)
Reply

Thread Tools
Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

 


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 09:06 AM.


 
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0
Copyright 2025 Pelican Parts, LLC - Posts may be archived for display on the Pelican Parts Website -    DMCA Registered Agent Contact Page
 

DTO Garage Plus vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.