Is hubble at L1?
Instead of orbiting Earth, #NASAWebb will be orbiting the Sun in line with the Earth, around a position in space nearly one million miles from us called Lagrange point 2 (L2): https://go.nasa.gov/2RAnkZw
Here's what that orbit looks like 
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Webb Telescope Orbit.mp4
The James Webb Space Telescope will be orbiting Lagrange point 2, a million miles from Earth.
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What a great animation!
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May I ask why orbiting around L2 is preferable to sit there? (Feel free to point me to a doc if the explanation does not fit here).
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The article they included with their original post has some great information about this. https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/orbit.html …
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I have a theory that will ‘fix’ that apparent retrograde motion…epicycles.
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let the orbit out, a million miles south, to that point outside lagrange. yeah! you know what I'm talking about. just let me know if you want photo things beyond the spectral range
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They’ve gotta lot of nice swirls there
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Ohhhhhhhh
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