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This is random but I really want to get some high end instruments in geosynchronous orbit with Jupiter/one of the gas giants opposite the sun. Seems like the pe

• krisoft 4y ago
  It sounds more like what you are saying is you want instruments orbiting around the L2 lagrange point of the Jupiter-Sun system. Do I understand you right? At first I was confused because the “geo” in geosycnronous means that the orbit is centered around the Earth. But you are talking about Jupiter, so I thought maybe you mean a “jovisyncronous” orbit? One orbiting around the Jupiter with the same orbital period the Jupiter rotates with. But then you also say opposite the sun, and that orbit would be on the opposite side from the Sun only some of the time (because Jupiter is not tidaly locked with the Sun). So my best guess now is that you mean L2. What kind of measurement would you want to do there? And how would you get the results back to Earth?