The Sky This Month
Welcome to our night-time sky.
Please enjoy this monthʼs tidbits
of knowledge. We are lucky to
live in a dark-sky area where the
heavens can shine through. I hope
you enjoy the sky and perhaps
learn a thing or two. Happy star
gazing!
Geo-synchronicity Isnʼt a Police
Song – A lot of objects orbit the earth, including the
Moon, the space station, and hundreds of satellites. A
special subset of satellites maintains a geosynchronous
orbit. A geosynchronous orbit occurs when the satellite
makes one complete rotation in the same time that the
Earth makes one complete rotation. At the end of the
rotation, the satellite is above the same point on Earth
as when the rot