The Hubble Space Telescope is on an elliptical orbit:
perigee = 561 kilometersBut that is pretty dang close to a perfect circle. Eccentricity value is close to zero, too: 0.0003457. Nice.
apogee = 566 kilometers
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Friday, June 11, 2010
Apogee, perigee
The Hubble Space Telescope is on an elliptical orbit:
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