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File:Space Debris Low Earth Orbit.png

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Description
English: Image made from models used to track debris in Earth orbit. Of the approximately 19,000 man-made objects larger than 10 centimetres in Earth orbit as of July 2009, most orbit close to the Earth.
Date 12 September 2009
Source NASA Earth Observatory
Author Orbital Debris Program Office

NASA illustration courtesy Orbital Debris Program Office.

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