space debris

English

Noun

space debris (uncountable)

1. All the objects in orbit around the Earth that were created by human activity, but now have no useful purpose.

Synonyms

• space junk (informal)

Translations

objects in orbit without useful purpose

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 空間碎片／空间碎片 (kōngjiān suìpiàn), 空间碎片 (kōngjiān suìpiàn)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: avaruusromu (fi)
• German: Weltraumschrott (de) m, Weltraummüll (de) m
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• Malay: reja angkasa, sampah angkasa
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: косми́ческий му́сор (ru) m (kosmíčeskij músor)
• Swedish: rymdskrot (sv) n