Though it does have to expend some fuel for corrections- which is what is limiting the mission lifetime

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Jan 24, 2022
1:04:23pm

BeyondTheMark All-American

Though it does have to expend some fuel for corrections- which is what is limiting the mission lifetime

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BeyondTheMark

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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

1/24/22 12:56pm

But seriously: It's the combination of the earth's and sun's gravity.

1/24/22 12:57pm

Though it does have to expend some fuel for corrections- which is what is limiting the mission lifetime

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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