TechnologyTracking sinking Starlink satellites to build a ‘planetary barometer’
The Register says watching objects in orbit can reveal how much the atmosphere expands and contracts.
TLDR
An astronomer is watching Starlink satellites sink to build a “planetary barometer,” The Register reports. The approach uses observations of orbiting objects to gauge the extent of the atmosphere’s expansion and contraction.
Tracking sinking Starlink satellites to build a ‘planetary barometer’
The Register says watching objects in orbit can reveal how much the atmosphere expands and contracts.
TLDR
An astronomer is watching Starlink satellites sink to build a “planetary barometer,” The Register reports. The approach uses observations of orbiting objects to gauge the extent of the atmosphere’s expansion and contraction.