| Subject: | Re: Moon-based radiotelescope planned Forwarded |
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| From: | Odysseus |
| Date: | Tue, 21 Mar 2006 08:00:17 GMT |
| Newsgroups: | sci.astro |
Geo Logico wrote: > <snip> > > It could be put on the points where lunar and earth gravities are > the same, on the lunar orbit. Very stable positions. > "Libration points"... what's the term? I think you mean the Lagrange points, often referred to as L1, L2, &c. Libration is the apparent 'rocking' of the Moon that allows us to see a little of the far side at the limbs of the disc. -- Odysseus |
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