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Fascinating that it's already covered 40% of the distance, but it's only on day 4 out of 30. That makes sense once you realize that its radial velocity needs t
by vikingerik 5y ago
Fascinating that it's already covered 40% of the distance, but it's only on day 4 out of 30. That makes sense once you realize that its radial velocity needs to slow to zero when it reaches L2. I'd love to see the shape of how the velocity curve slows.
- Maxburn 5y agoThey link to this which shows the gravity gradients in play. I could have sworn they charted the velocity involved but I can't find it now. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Lagrangian_points_equipotential.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Lagrangi...