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Jan 24, 2022
12:42
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Spocougar
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James Webb is successfully in orbit at Lagrange 2
Such an awesome achievement! The entire deployment has gone off flawlessly. I’m not an astronomer, but am very excited to see pictures and read of discoveries over the next many years.
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Orbital Insertion Burn a Success, Webb Arrives at L2 – James Webb Space Telescope
https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/01/24/orbital-insertion-burn-a-success-webb-arrives-at-l2/
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James Webb is successfully in orbit at Lagrange 2
Spocougar
1/24/22 12:42pm
What keeps it in that orbit around nothing? Doesn't it need gravitational force
JoMax
1/24/22 12:52pm
RE: What keeps it in that orbit around nothing? Doesn't it need gravitational
Kilgore Trout
1/24/22 12:56pm
But seriously: It's the combination of the earth's and sun's gravity.
Kilgore Trout
1/24/22 12:57pm
Though it does have to expend some fuel for corrections- which is what is limiting the mission lifetime
BeyondTheMark
1/24/22 1:04pm
The moon sucks...
Blue Ghost
1/24/22 1:18pm
Earth and suns gravity pulling in, centrifugal force out. Orbiting around sun
Pangare
1/25/22 3:17pm
It's outside of earth between Mars and Earth.
Blue Ghost
1/24/22 1:09pm
Here’s a good video
kcca
1/24/22 1:20pm
Another video on Lagrange
fan_byu
1/24/22 1:34pm
I understood this one much more.
Spiff
1/24/22 6:35pm
This is huge for the astrology world, I wouldn't be surprised if they found some
deja-blu
1/24/22 4:39pm
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