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It's really hard to orbit the moon anyway, it's not very spherical compared with the earth.
by hornetblack 8y ago
It's really hard to orbit the moon anyway, it's not very spherical compared with the earth.
- eesmith 8y agoPointers for those interested - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_concentration_(astronomy)#Effect_of_lunar_mascons_on_satellite_orbits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_concentration_(astronomy)... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_orbit#Lunar_frozen_orbits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_orbit#Lunar_frozen_orbi... . The "not very spherical" refers to the shape of the gravitational field, and not simply the physical shape of the Moon.