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ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• porksnort@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Plot twist, it’s elliptical.

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That assumes we don’t blow up or get the death shimmy on the way up

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• azi@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That was pretty much how the USSR spun Luna 1

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• snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There are a lot of ways to shoot for the moon that don’t end with anything close to an orbit. Though it’s pretty hard to get out of orbiting the sun from here…

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  • ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, but if you’re actually aiming for the moon and miss, an orbit is pretty likely. It may not be a good orbit, but consider that you’re most likely to miss because the moon has precessed in its orbit during your transit further than you expected, meaning that you’ll end up coming around the back of the moon and captured by its gravity.

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