2006-08-19 04:37:37 · 15 answers · asked by rampdogg2000 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I think thst would be a good idea,
Along with NEO's they can track the numerous Comets around the sun better . also have a birds eye view of Comets .
2006-08-19 17:25:23 · answer #1 · answered by spaceprt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, all satellites that are in orbit around the earth are already in orbit around the sun, technically. I think it would be more practical to place them in an orbit that is a little larger than Earth's, to try to be able to detect NEOs. Of course, even if one were disovered to be on collision course with Earth, we could not do anything about it anyway. Even if we had lead time of a few years, it would not be possible to mount an effort to change the orbit of the NEO, so that it would miss the Earth.... Maybe the money would be more well spent to end poverty and suffering here for the short term.
2006-08-25 12:12:15 · answer #2 · answered by jimbo_wizard 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not think that any Geo-stationary orbits exist for the sun, it rotates in 28 days and anything going that fast around it is going to fly free or be destroyed by it. Mercury orbits in 88 days for example and it is far closer then anything we would be able to build could survive.
2006-08-19 11:55:48 · answer #3 · answered by pechorin1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by neo you mean near extintion objects? I don't think that would work, they can't keep foam from falling off shuttles and destroying them, so I don't think a satallite would be able to make it to the sun, much less orbit around it, once it went to the back side, they would not be able to communicate, so it would be useless. And then what happens when a solar flare comes up and there goes the satty.
2006-08-25 01:09:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Currently it may not be possible to keep a heliocentric orbit, not because there isn't one, but due to other factors like the extreme costs to send the satellite out there, and the tech needed to keep it there is relative safety (from things like the solar winds and flares) may not be here yet.
Perhaps one day in the future, yes I could see it happening, but probably not in our lifetime.
2006-08-19 12:16:56 · answer #5 · answered by Krynne 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing as a geostationary satellite around the sun. Geostationary satellites orbit the earth (thats why they are GEOstationary). And no, we should not have heliostationary satellites, what would be the point? We already have plenty of geostationary satellites.
2006-08-27 09:25:02 · answer #6 · answered by kemchan2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somebody should. LOL.
But who's to say it has to be done by NASA? We are entering a new age in space exploration - the era of private spaceflight. Space Ship One is only the beginning - like the wagon trains of old, private space flight will open the way for the common man to reach to the stars.
JM
2006-08-19 11:53:33 · answer #7 · answered by James M 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's an interesting idea but I don't think the reward would match up to the cost since the number of satellites it would take to do that is phenomenal. We probably wouldn't get a great deal of useful information on them anyways.
2006-08-19 11:53:26 · answer #8 · answered by g_alans 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
8 years ago. Wow. by now you are probably in high school. I wonder if sometimes you look back on your early life and wonder how you could have been so ignorant. This question is so flawed that there can be no answer for it.
2014-10-29 15:00:48 · answer #9 · answered by cyphercube 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I think it'd be very great to our understanding of our closest star.
2006-08-19 20:03:58 · answer #10 · answered by Bigger is Better 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋