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Letter: Junk belt

Published 31 August 2005

From James Wimberley

The discovery of yet more planetoids beyond Pluto (6 August, p 10) prompts a challenge to name the impressive halo of 330 million bits of junk larger than 1 square millimetre that humans have placed in Earth orbit in a mere 48 years. To launch the contest, I suggest the Steptoe (Sanford & Son) Belt.

Malaga, Spain

Issue no. 2515 published 3 September 2005

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