In Pictures: 13 awesome and scary things in near Earth space

Space debris, comets, asteroids and cool clouds highlight Earth space news

NASA Orbital Debris Program Office says since Iridium 33 was in a nearly polar inclination (86.4 degrees), the orbital planes of its debris are taking longer to diverge as a result of lower differential precession rates.

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