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It's not a deep gravity well, it's a fairly weak gravity well, but with fuel one can orbit L2 reliably. Without fuel, one can orbit L2 erratically. People wit
by margalabargala 2y ago
It's not a deep gravity well, it's a fairly weak gravity well, but with fuel one can orbit L2 reliably.
Without fuel, one can orbit L2 erratically.
People with the ability to send satellites places, don't like sending expensive satellites to places with large bodies in erratic orbits.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> Without fuel, one can orbit L2 erratically It takes an infintessimal amount of energy to detatch something from L2.
- margalabargala 2y agoSure, you won't be at L2, but you may remain near L2 for some time.