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Cole

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Originally posted by: CurtisEflush

Originally posted by: Cole

Can someone explain the one million mile position to me? Is it just sitting in space or is there still some minor influence from the Earth?




Summary quoted below. More details, images, and a cool animation here.



The James Webb Space Telescope will not be in orbit around the Earth, like the Hubble Space Telescope is - it will actually orbit the Sun, 1.5 million kilometers (1 million miles) away from the Earth at what is called the second Lagrange point or L2. What is special about this orbit is that it lets the telescope stay in line with the Earth as it moves around the Sun. This allows the satellite's large sunshield to protect the telescope from the light and heat of the Sun and Earth (and Moon).


Quite impressive, as were the maths involved.

I really hope they pull it off with no hitches.



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