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Exactly. And since the orbit turns at the same speed as the Moon does, it works. That is why in the article they offer a map of where the landing could have b
by btilly 8y ago
Exactly. And since the orbit turns at the same speed as the Moon does, it works.
That is why in the article they offer a map of where the landing could have been and came up with https://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/moonpossiblelandings.png https://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/moonpossible...
You see the landings on the equator, and also the strip going over the pole.
- haberman 8y agoBut what makes the orbit turn? What is accelerating the satellite?
- MPSimmons 8y agoIt uses the equatorial bulge to process the orbit. https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/5312/why-would-sun-synchronous-orbits-be-impossible-around-perfectly-spherical-bodies https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/5312/why-would-sun...