In my world-building project, a decades long orbital conflict has resulted in the trashing of Earth's orbit with massive amounts of debris, shipwrecks, and space junk. However, after an anomalous terraforming event, all this space junk magically consolidated into one large ring that circled the earth around the equator.
Is it possible to create a ring out of space debris that is visible from the surface? I am aware that the mass required to create a ring with the likes of Saturn would be practically unfeasible, and that the ring would likely prevent space exploration and result in space debris showers, but would such a ring be able to last for longer than, say, 100 years? Is there a way to calculate/derive how long such a ring may last until it is eventually destroyed by gravitational forces of both the moon and sun?
Katika mradi wangu wa kujenga ulimwengu, mgogoro wa miongo mingi wa mzunguko umesababisha uharibifu wa mzunguko wa Dunia na kiasi kikubwa cha mabaki, meli zilizovunjika, na taka za angani. Hata hivyo, baada ya tukio lisilo la kawaida la terraforming, taka zote za angani kwa njia ya kichawi ziliunganishwa katika pete moja kubwa ambayo ilizunguka dunia kuzunguka ikweta. Je, inawezekana kutengeneza pete ya mabaki ya angani yanayoonekana kutoka juu ya dunia? """Ninajua kwamba uzito unaohitajika kuunda pete kama ya Saturn ni vigumu sana, na kwamba pete hiyo ingeweza kuzuia uchunguzi wa anga na kusababisha mvua ya takwimu za anga, lakini je, pete hiyo ingeweza kudumu kwa zaidi ya miaka 100?" Je, kuna njia ya kuhesabu au kugundua ni kwa muda gani pete hiyo inaweza kudumu hadi itakapoharibiwa na nguvu za uvutano wa mwezi na jua?