Friday, July 3, 2015

Outward Bound



Hello...

From Low Earth Orbit

From Geosynchronous Orbit

On the way to Mercury:


From the Moon


From a Fly-By



From the other side of the Moon

From Martian Orbit


From Mars


From Saturn


From the Edge of Interstellar Space

colored bands are artifacts of the image
Good-bye....


Images from ExtremeTech
and Scientific American

2 comments:

  1. That doesn't look like a geosynchronous orbit. It is too far south (not over the equator).

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    1. Geosynchronous is different from geostationary. A geosynchronous orbit is any orbit with an orbital period of 23 hours, 56 minutes (one sidereal day). A geostationary orbit is a geosynchronous orbit with eccentricity and inclination of 0 (e.g., circular and over the equator).

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