<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">OMG soo cool. Thank you all. SQ<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 28, 2021, at 6:16 PM, George Gamota <<a href="mailto:ggamota@stma-llc.com" class="">ggamota@stma-llc.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">The location of the Webb is such that only some square feet need to be blocking the sun. Some geometry here helps.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Carl Lazarus <<a href="mailto:carllazarus@comcast.net" class="">carllazarus@comcast.net</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, December 28, 2021 5:14 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>'George Gamota' <<a href="mailto:ggamota@stma-llc.com" class="">ggamota@stma-llc.com</a>>; 'Stephen Quatrano' <<a href="mailto:stefanoq@gmail.com" class="">stefanoq@gmail.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" class="">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>'Lex Computer Group' <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" class="">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] where is Webb<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Is Earth’s shadow large enough to completely block the sun from the James Webb telescope? I thought the telescope has an elaborate sun shield.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">-- Carl<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg-bounces+carllazarus=comcast.net@lists.toku.us" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">lctg-bounces+carllazarus=comcast.net@lists.toku.us</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>George Gamota<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, December 28, 2021 3:41 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>'Stephen Quatrano' <<a href="mailto:stefanoq@gmail.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">stefanoq@gmail.com</a>>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>'Lex Computer Group' <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] where is Webb<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Basically the Webb would be fried (electronics burned) if it ever sees the sun. So L2 places it in such a way that the Earth blocks the sun (an eclipse) all the time. Thus the Webb goes around the sun with Earth. Webb’s orbit then is one year just as the Earth.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">George.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg-bounces+ggamota=stma-llc.com@lists.toku.us" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">lctg-bounces+ggamota=stma-llc.com@lists.toku.us</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Stephen Quatrano<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, December 28, 2021 1:08 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Lex Computer Group <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] where is Webb<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Great graphics, John. I didn’t understand L2 orbit so I Googled it:<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">"The space telescope is destined to orbit a point in space known as Earth-sun Lagrange point 2 or L2, which is located nearly 1 million miles (1.5 million kilometers) away from Earth on the opposite side as the sun. The spacecraft covered the first 10% of that journey within 12 hours of launching.” <a href="https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-trajectory-burn" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-trajectory-burn</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">"The James Webb Space Telescope will not orbit the Earth like Hubble but will in fact orbit the Sun. It will travel for approximately 30 days before reaching what is known as the second Lagrange point, or L2, 1 million miles away.” <a href="https://deepfieldfilm.com/discover/james-webbs-halo-orbit" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://deepfieldfilm.com/discover/james-webbs-halo-orbit</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Looking at the second animation, I’m still not sure I understand it… but I keep trying.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; 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