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If I may take advantage of the presence of knowledgable people in this thread… The JWST is located at the L2 point. Does that mean L2 is now “taken”, or could
by jl6 3y ago
If I may take advantage of the presence of knowledgable people in this thread…
The JWST is located at the L2 point. Does that mean L2 is now “taken”, or could it make sense to host multiple telescopes and spacecraft at or near that point?
- mnw21cam 3y agoThere's already multiple telescopes there, including the Gaia telescope. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_objects_at_Lagrange_points https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_objects_at_Lagrange_po...
- itishappy 3y agoIn short, it orbits the L2 point. There's plenty of room for more! Here's a 20s YouTube video that should clear things right up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cUe4oMk69E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cUe4oMk69E Here's an article with additional info: https://webb.nasa.gov/content/about/orbit.htm https://webb.nasa.gov/content/about/orbit.htm
- 7373737373 3y agoAs I understand it, it's more of a region around that point in space that spacecraft try to stay close to/within