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There's also no such thing as a single heliosynchronous orbit, because different latitudes of the Sun rotate at different speeds. So an orbit which keeps a poin
by grues-dinner 2y ago
There's also no such thing as a single heliosynchronous orbit, because different latitudes of the Sun rotate at different speeds. So an orbit which keeps a point on the equator (25 day period) under it would see the polar regions (36 days) rotating backwards. Every three equatorial rotations or so, you'd "lap" the polar region, which would only make 2 rotations in that time.