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

• Catalan: brossa espacial f, ferralla espacial f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 空間碎片／空间碎片 (kōngjiān suìpiàn), 太空垃圾 (tàikōng lājī)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: ruimteschroot (nl)
• Finnish: avaruusromu (fi)
• German: Weltraumschrott (de) m, Weltraummüll (de) m
• Hungarian: űrszemét (hu), kozmikus hulladék
• Japanese: 宇宙ごみ (ja) (uchūgomi)
• Korean: 우주 쓰레기 (uju sseuregi)
• Malay: reja angkasa, sampah angkasa
• Polish: kosmiczne śmieci f pl
• Portuguese: detrito espacial m, lixo espacial m
• Russian: косми́ческий му́сор (ru) m (kosmíčeskij músor)
• Spanish: basura espacial f
• Swedish: rymdskrot (sv) n