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|    Wilfred van Velzen to August Abolins    |
|    Re: The James Webb Space Telescope    |
|    27 Dec 21 21:59:03    |
      TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815       RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes       TZUTC: 0100       CHRS: UTF-8 2       PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221       MSGID: 2:280/464 61ca2997       REPLY: 2:460/256 00000347       Hi August,              On 2021-12-27 20:55:34, you wrote to me:               AA> How can it be 25% of it's distance at day 3, when it only enters L2 in        AA> it's 29th day?              I explained that in a previous message: It's slowing down...               WV> It will take about 29 days to get there. It will take so long to get        WV> there, because there is no propulsion anymore (except for some short        WV> burns for course corrections). It's in the balistic fase on it's path        WV> to it's destination, and because of the gravitational pull of the        WV> earth it's constantly slowing down slightly. Its speed now is about        WV> 1.7 km/s relative to earth, while during the launch fase it topped at        WV> about 10 km/s...              Bye, Wilfred.       --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815        * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)       SEEN-BY: 30/0 80/1 103/705 105/81 124/5016 129/305 153/757 203/0 221/0       SEEN-BY: 221/1 6 229/426 428 664 700 240/1120 5832 261/38 280/464       SEEN-BY: 282/464 1038 292/8125 301/0 1 101 113 812 310/31 322/757       SEEN-BY: 341/234 396/45 423/120 460/58 712/848 920/1 5058/104       PATH: 280/464 301/1 229/426           |
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