Tag: Orbit
Utrecht has added a new party: Orbit Festival at Fort bij Vechten
The music party, where mainly house will be played, is organized by the Utrecht club WAS. The organization is proud of what they will be doing during the summer: “The…
A second Trojan asteroid from Earth has been discovered
Each planet in the Solar System orbiting the Sun has Lagrange points, the most famous of which in the case of Earth is L2, where the James-Webb telescope is in…
Virgin Orbit Challenges SpaceX Again!
Virgin Orbit highlights key moments from its last mission and also; released a new video demonstrating the versatility of the satellite delivery system. Virgin Orbit, to send satellites into space;…
The Webb Space Telescope inserted well into orbit around the L2 point yesterday: what does this mean?
The end of 20 years of waiting and a long journey of 1.5 million kilometers in interplanetary space! The largest space telescope in the history of astronomy will orbit Lagrange…
The “James-Webb” space telescope has reached its final orbit
The “James-Webb” space telescope, a record-breaking machine, launched by an Ariane rocket on December 25, arrived at its destination on Monday after a first stage. But the telescope will not…
The Webb Space Telescope is going into orbit around the L2 point tonight: what does that mean?
The end of 20 years of waiting and a long journey of 1.5 million kilometers in interplanetary space! The largest space telescope in the history of astronomy will orbit Lagrange…
Gravitational assistance: what is it?
Gravitational assistance is a technique using the attraction of planets to give extra speed to an interplanetary probe. We also speak of the gravitational sling effect. This technique is now…
Changes in Earth’s orbit alter the evolution of marine life
We already knew that the eccentricity of the Earth was synchronized with the glacial cycles. French researchers have just discovered that it also governs the evolution of marine life and…
How Earth’s Orbit Influences Biodiversity
We already knew that the eccentricity of the Earth was synchronized with the glacial cycles. French researchers have just discovered that it also governs the evolution of marine life and…