The Space Junk Clock is a reminder of how our planet and its surroundings with its mixture of natural and man-made beauty looks from space!
There are two unique aspects of the Space Junk Clock. Firstly it boasts a beautifully designed clock face with its detailed images of the earth and with its surrounding satellites and stars, and secondly its cleverly constructed handless feature.
Did you know that there are over 13,000 artificial satellites that currently orbit the earth? The lowest satellites are just 2,000km away from the earth’s surface and the highest over 3,5786km away, which the detailed clock face dramatically captures (Although obviously not all 13,000 satellites are visible).
The handless feature of the clock allows the moon to magically orbit around the clock face to show the time and also capture the attention of anyone that sees it! It seems as if it is gravity defying feat but it is actually science at work; the hands of the clock are actually hidden behind the clock face and have a magnet placed on the end of the hour hand and in turn there is a magnet inside the moon ball to form an eye-catching illusion.
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