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You can get the answer to all these questions by reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_locking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_locking and: https:
by avar 11y ago
You can get the answer to all these questions by reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_locking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_locking
and:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit_of_the_Moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit_of_the_Moon
- coldtea 11y agoThe magic of reading!
- gonvaled 11y agoSo, the Moon orbiting plane is close to the ecliptic, and the satellite is in the ecliptic (L1 is in the ecliptic). I do not get this: > About twice a year the camera will capture the moon and Earth together as the orbit of DSCOVR crosses the orbital plane of the moon. (nitpick: the DSCOVR has no "orbit" around the Earth, since it is in the L1 point) Since the Moon's orbit and the ecliptic are so close, I would expect this crossing to happen more often (on every turn of the Moon around the Earth)
- sp332 11y agoDSCOVR is orbiting the sun and the earth at the same rate. In one year it will go once around the sun and once around the earth.