The Webb telescope launches tomorrow and just look at its weird and wonderful path through space. Webb will orbit the Sun about 1.5 million km away from Earth, but it’ll also perform a mini-orbit within that which keeps it out of the shadows of the Earth and Moon!
Vid: NASA GSFC pic.twitter.com/r6bDWBY0EY— Dr. James O’Donoghue (@physicsJ) December 24, 2021
Of course, tomorrow is now today for the launch, in about three hours.