If you put it there for some reason, would it melt?
2007-09-19 11:13:30 · 9 answers · asked by ? 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Providing where you put it was always in shade, it would stay solid, but it would sublimate over a period of months to years.
If it was in direct sunlight, it would vaporize pretty quickly.
2007-09-19 13:29:10 · answer #1 · answered by quantumclaustrophobe 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Some parts of the ISS never get direct sunlight, such as the back of the solar panels. Ice could accumulate there and would run the risk of damaging them or falling off during an altitude boost. Not a good thing in any event.
2007-09-19 11:22:04 · answer #2 · answered by Cirric 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it would eventually sublimate (go directly from frozen to gas) and escape to space (i.e., not stick around). Faster when the sun hits it.
In practise, chunk break off and drift off (it is still going at almost 17,000 mph because it too is in orbit just like the space station). The frozen water would sublimate. You may have an occasional (extremely small) drop of water around the chunk for a few seconds (or minutes).
Hey, you'd have a (very small) comet!
2007-09-19 11:23:36 · answer #3 · answered by Raymond 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, in the shade, it would slowly sublimate away. The part in the sun would quickly boil.
2007-09-19 14:20:24 · answer #4 · answered by Superconductive Magnet 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the side that faces the sun would melt and the one that is in the shade would be frozen.
2007-09-19 11:17:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It would probably evaporate, technically, it would sublime.
2007-09-19 11:21:31 · answer #6 · answered by Renaissance Man 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry. It has a defroster.
2007-09-19 17:17:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
quantumclaustrophobe has the best answer so if you care about your %, you might as well erase now.
2007-09-19 14:47:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
u couldnt get inside?
2007-09-19 11:17:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋