If we stopped sending stuff into space today, how long would it take for man-made Space Junk to stop orbiting the planet?
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Low earth orbits are always in a tiny bit of atmosphere and it will eventually slow them down enough so that they fall in. The easiest way to think about orbits is moving so fast as you are falling toward earth that you get out of the Earth’s way before you fall into it.
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