>They're not perfectly still over one spot, but >instead move in a figure-8 (analemma)over the course of a day. This is frequently stated but still it is wrong! Only a satellite in an orbit with an inclination of several degrees and a very small eccentricity would theoretically do that. I would be very surprised if there was any such orbit in real life! Rainer ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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