Sentences with phrase «gravitational balance point»

The Carrington - L5 mission gravitational balance point will allow the satellite to follow the Earth in its orbit around the Sun

The Carrington - L5 mission gravitational balance point will allow the satellite to follow the Earth in its orbit around the Sun (Credit: Airbus Defence and Space (UK)-RRB-

As such, the Carrington - L5 mission gravitational balance point will allow the satellite to follow the Earth in its orbit around the Sun at a distance of around 150 million km (93 million miles).

The observatory will begin operations after travelling to a gravitational balance point known as Earth - Sun L2, which is located about one million miles from Earth in a direction directly opposite the Sun.

To provide the necessary warning time, Carrington - L5 will utilize a gravitational balance point, known as L5, which would allow it to trail the Earth in its orbit around the Sun by about 150 million kilometres.

Not exact matches

With the final burn of its propulsion module, it will cruise for six weeks to the Lagrange point L1, where gravitational forces balance to keep it in a stable position between Earth and the sun.

The European Space Agency's Davide Nicolini says that the LISA Pathfinder, set to launch at the end of 2009, will travel to the Lagrange Point 1, the spot where Earth and the sun's gravitational fields balance each other out.

Then, at some point the «centrifugal force» balances with the gravitational pull of the SMBH.

From the sun's point of view, these wells lie 60 degrees ahead of and behind the Earth, at Lagrange points where gravitational forces between the sun and the Earth balance out.

These locations are known as Lagrange points, which are numbered L1 to L5 and define specific stable areas where gravitational forces are balanced and allow stable orbits for satellites.

Long delayed, DSCOVR is an observational mission to the Lagrangian point 1, or «L1,» a unique point between the sun and Earth (approximately 1.6 million kilometers from Earth, toward the sun) where the gravitational pull of each sphere is equally balanced by the other.

Then the expansive force of the nuclear reaction, and the heat it generates, can balance the But the critical point is that it is all driven by gravitational «collapse.»