Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!nuchat!sugar!peter
From: peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Orbits ( was :  Info on Atlantis "secret" )
Message-ID: <3118@sugar.uu.net>
Date: 18 Dec 88 07:20:51 GMT
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In article <40506748.298d@dl298d.engin.umich.edu>, sheppard@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ken  Sheppardson) writes:
  Me:
> > Over the period of a year, the terminator moves 360 degrees (give or take
> > a little depending on which "year" we're talking about).

> So just put a satellite directly over the terminator about 2100000 km up
> so that it's period is one year :)

A bit far up for a spy satellite.
-- 
Peter "Have you hugged your wolf today" da Silva  `-_-'  peter@sugar.uu.net