From Newsgroup: sci.physics.relativity
Stargazing Astronomer wrote:
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You should post under your real name if you want to be taken seriously here. (How many "stargazing astronomers" are reading this, do you think?)
My low light Camera captured a ton of weird objects in space in full 4k...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CLfu1hKK8o
How, do you think, is that related to the theories of relativity, to justify your crosspost to sci.physics.relativity?
Provided that the video is not fake, given how those "weird space objects"
are moving, they are probably mostly orbiting operational terrestrial satellites or pieces of "space debris" (e.g. remains of launching rockets,
and satellites no longer in operation) of which there are hundreds of
thousands by now; whereas the space debris constitutes an increasing hazard
for operating satellites and spaceflight:
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https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2019/02/Distribution_of_space_debris_in_orbit_around_Earth>
This was in 2019. There are many more objects now. If you just consider additional satellites, as of January 2026 SpaceX's Starlink constellation consists of 9422 small satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO, h =~ 800 km to
2000 km) [0]
See also:
PBS NewsHour: Human-made debris left behind in outer space is a growing
problem down on Earth
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https://youtu.be/ZnP28QbZx_Y>
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_debris>
Also, in the video description you write:
I cranked up my high-end low-light camera, which has a 35mm F0.95 lens,
and pointed it at the night sky. The camera was set to record in 4K video mode, and it captured a ton of objects flying around. Among these was a
good meteor.
A *meteor* [from Anc. Grk.: +++|-a+!-e-U++-e (met|-oros, lit. "beyond air"; from +++|-a+4
met|i "beyond" + *b+C++-U++-e *aoros "thing lifted up/in air"; meaning "related to
celestial phenomena") [1]] is any apparition of light in an atmosphere, typically produced by a _meteoroid_ (lit. "like a thing from above" [2]) a celestial object smaller than an asteroid or comet; typically pieces that
have broken off an asteroid/comet) that (temporarily) enters an atmosphere which causes it to heat up and thus emit light. When a meteoroid impacts
the surface, what remains of it is called a *meteorite* (lit. "rock from above", from Lat. -ites from Anc. Grk. -+>-a++-e -|!tes "belonging to" [3]).
So what do you mean by "good meteor"?
Thank you for crossposting to, and thus reminding me of the existence of, sci.astro.* in addition to <news:alt.astronomy>.
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[0] <
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Starlink&oldid=1332121588>
[1] <
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/meteor>
[2] <
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/meteoroid>
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/meteorite>
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