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oh no (media.mstdn.social)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/comics@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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[–] 19 points 2 months ago (3 children)

They’re just having fun out there. As long as they stay in the shadow of the earth, there’s nothing to fear.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Fun fact: you can set up a stable orbit exactly over the line of sunrise-sunset, but you can't stay in the umbra forever

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    JWST out there chilling at our L2 Lagrange Point would like a word. (I know it's a completely different kind of orbit)

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    JWST has solar panels and an umbrella, it's in sunlight

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago*

    You're right I thought it was much closer to the L2 point but I suppose parking it there would be rather difficult (the energy required should go against infinity after all).

    So technically it is very much possible to hide from the sun, it just needs some extra energy.

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