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There are very few stable orbits close to the lunar surface. Basically a couple of polar orbits with very specific parameters, and that's it. The rest get so p
by garmaine 6y ago
There are very few stable orbits close to the lunar surface. Basically a couple of polar orbits with very specific parameters, and that's it.
The rest get so perturbed by gravitational anomalies that they fall out of orbit after a few months or years--faster than low Earth orbit where there is atmospheric drag!
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/documents/NTRS/collection2/NASA_TP_3394.pdf https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/documents/NTRS/collection2/NA...