Just over 97% of Distance complete as of 1010 January 21, 2022.
Use the force Luke, errr FunkworksAlmost there ...
Yeah obstructing my viewI was in the back seat
Looks like NASA updated the Distance complete for Webb, as earlier today they were showing just over 97% and now it’s showing just under 96%.Just over 97% of Distance complete as of 1010 January 21, 2022.
They accidentally threw it into reverse!Looks like NASA updated the Distance complete for Webb, as earlier today they were showing just over 97% and now it’s showing just under 96%.
L2 point, second Lagrangian point in a two body orbiting systemIt's mostly out there, and "there" isn't so much a point but a region of space.
Until the insertion burn completes, and it approaches nominal distance, it's all kinda academic at this point, right? It's mostly out there, and "there" isn't so much a point but a region of space.
The orbit ensures that the JWST won't be permanently in Earth's shadow. Needs sunshine to supply its vitamin D.I suspect the reason for this is that reaching the L2 point exactly would require perfect accuracy, but in practice, that is not realistic and anywhere near is good enough. The size of the orbit will represent how accurate they can be, or care to be.
The orbit ensures that the JWST won't be permanently in Earth's shadow. Needs sunshine to supply its vitamin D.
Eddies in the space-time continum.Looks like NASA updated the Distance complete for Webb, as earlier today they were showing just over 97% and now it’s showing just under 96%.
It is orbiting a virtual point in space that is made possible due to the orbit and gravitational effect of the earth. The orbit will be somewhat rectilinear and not circular. So the spacecraft only approximately orbits the point, but very little fuel is needed to ensure it keeps station over the long duration of an Earth orbit around the sun. Temporal effects on the orbit are caused by changing distances of the Earth-Sun system.How can something "Orbit" nothing?
AKA the "Webbsite"."Where is Webb" website
This got me to thinking what the speed of sound actually is in that region of space. It's a lot faster than what we normally think of as the speed of sound, probably at least 20K mph but it's tricky to pin down the exact number:Current speed according to the "Where is Webb" website is .1322 mi/sec.
That's 476 mph.
Subsonic relative to the earth!
In space, no one can hear you scream...This got me to thinking what the speed of sound actually is in that region of space. It's a lot faster than what we normally think of as the speed of sound, probably at least 20K mph but it's tricky to pin down the exact number:
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/162184/what-is-the-speed-of-sound-in-space
This got me to thinking what the speed of sound actually is in that region of space.
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