Correct, it might or ir might not, altho the odds are much less than 50:50. But the objects at suborbital speeds are virtually guaranteed to collide, much *more* than 50:50. That makes things in proper orbits less likely to collide, exactly what your original statement suggested was irrational to expect.

On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 7:42 AM, Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

On 22Jan2018 0130, Jerry Barrington wrote:

Irrational? If the thing is being held up in an "orbit" that it's too
slow for, it *will* collide with something if the power is out for a
while: the planet!

Just because something is in an unpowered orbit doesn't mean it's not going to collide with something else, though.

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