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blinding-streak on Oct 22, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: First images from Euclid are in

Euclid is stationed at L2. I like to think it grabs a drink at the end of the day with other satellites out there like James Webb and Gaia. They discuss the day's discoveries.

alchemist1e9 on Oct 22, 2024 [–]

How big approximately is this L2 for practical purposes? Sounds like it will be valuable space-estate one day.

mr_mitm on Oct 22, 2024 | [–]

Euclid is in orbit around L2 with a radius of around 1.5 million km (~1 million miles), so the spacecrafts are quite comfortable there.

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