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* Fix a few typos preventing equations display. Add a figure for JWST trajectory

* Ugh dependencies
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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions interplanetary-maneuvers/interplanetary-transfer-phasing.md
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| N | $t_{\text{wait}}$ (years) |
|---|-----------------------|
| 0 | {glue:text}`heliocentric-hohmann-t_wait_0` |
| 1 | {glue:text}`heliocentric-hohmann-t_wait_1` |
| 2 | {glue:text}`heliocentric-hohmann-t_wait_2` |
| 3 | {glue:text}`heliocentric-hohmann-t_wait_3` |
| 0 | {glue:text}`heliocentric-hohmann-t_wait_0:.4f` |
| 1 | {glue:text}`heliocentric-hohmann-t_wait_1:.4f` |
| 2 | {glue:text}`heliocentric-hohmann-t_wait_2:.4f` |
| 3 | {glue:text}`heliocentric-hohmann-t_wait_3:.4f` |
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Clearly, the total mission time is dominated by the transfer time. This is because the synodic period of Venus relative to Neptune is quite small, at only {glue:text}`heliocentric-hohmann-T_syn:.2f` Earth years. Since Venus whips around the Sun, relative to Neptune, the same phase angle occurs relatively often.
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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions the-n-body-problem/circular-restricted-three-body-problem.md
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Expand Up @@ -255,9 +255,9 @@ The characteristic length is the circular orbit radius, $r_{12}$. Using this, we
:::{math}
:label: eq:non-dim-r-vectors-cr3bp
\begin{aligned}
\vector{\rho} &= \frac{\vector{r}}{r_{12}} = x^_\uvec{\imath} + y^_\uvec{\jmath} + z^_\uvec{k} \\
\vector{\sigma} &= \frac{\vector{r}_1}{r_{12}} = \left(x^_ + \pi_2\right)\uvec{\imath} + y^_\uvec{\jmath} + z^_\uvec{k} \\
\vector{\psi} &= \frac{\vector{r}_2}{r_{12}} = \left(x^* - 1 + \pi_2\right)\uvec{\imath} + y^_\uvec{\jmath} + z^_\uvec{k}
\vector{\rho} &= \frac{\vector{r}}{r_{12}} = x^*\uvec{\imath} + y^*\uvec{\jmath} + z^*\uvec{k} \\
\vector{\sigma} &= \frac{\vector{r}_1}{r_{12}} = \left(x^* + \pi_2\right)\uvec{\imath} + y^*\uvec{\jmath} + z^*\uvec{k} \\
\vector{\psi} &= \frac{\vector{r}_2}{r_{12}} = \left(x^* - 1 + \pi_2\right)\uvec{\imath} + y^*\uvec{\jmath} + z^*uvec{k}
\end{aligned}
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:::{math}
:label: eq:non-dim-five-term-accel-cr3bp
\ddot{\vector{\rho}} = \left(\ddot{x}^* - 2\dot{y}^* - x^_\right)\uvec{\imath} + \left(\ddot{y}^_ + 2\dot{x}^* - y^_\right)\uvec{\jmath} + \ddot{z}^_\uvec{k}
\ddot{\vector{\rho}} = \left(\ddot{x}^* - 2\dot{y}^* - x^*\right)\uvec{\imath} + \left(\ddot{y}^* + 2\dot{x}^* - y^_\right)\uvec{\jmath} + \ddot{z}^*\uvec{k}
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Now we have the non-dimensional inertial acceleration, we need to make Eq. {eq}`eq:vector-eom-cr3bp`, the equation of motion, non-dimensional. After a bunch of algebra, not shown here, we end up with:
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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion the-n-body-problem/lagrange-points.md
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The collinear Lagrange points, $L_1$, $L_2$, and $L_3$ are all **saddle points** in {numref}`fig:pseudo-potential-energy-cr3bp`, meaning that the function increases when going in one axis, but decreases going in the other axis. This means that the three collinear Lagrange points are **unstable** and an object placed at one of those points, if perturbed, will diverge from the position.

Nonetheless, these are quite useful points for observation of the solar system. Several satellites have been placed at the $L_1$ point of the Earth-Sun system for solar observation, and the James Webb Space Telescope is planned to launch to the $L_2$ of the Earth-Sun system sometime ~this year~ in 2022.
Nonetheless, these are quite useful points for observation of the solar system. Several satellites have been placed at the $L_1$ point of the Earth-Sun system for solar observation, and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is located at the $L_2$ point in the Earth-Sun system specifically to avoid sunlight interefering with observations.

These satellites orbit around the unstable Lagrange points in a [Lissajous orbit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lissajous_orbit). This type of orbit requires a very small amount of propulsion onboard the satellite to keep position, but the orbit can last for a very long time with only a little fuel. One example is the [Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkinson_Microwave_Anisotropy_Probe) (WMAP) which was sent to the $L_2$ point in the Earth-Sun system to study the [Cosmic microwave background](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_microwave_background). The trajectory of WMAP is shown in {numref}`fig:wmap-trajectory`.

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The trajectory of the [Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkinson_Microwave_Anisotropy_Probe) (WMAP) as viewed from Earth. Note the distance in the bottom of the animation, showing the satellite as approximately 1.5 million km from the earth. [Phoenix7777](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Animation_of_Wilkinson_Microwave_Anisotropy_Probe_trajectory_-_Viewd_from_Earth.gif), [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
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Another example is the JWST, mentioned previously. JWST has a simpler [halo orbit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_orbit) around $L_2$. The orbit of JWST is shown in {numref}`fig:jwst-trajectory`.

:::{figure} ../images/jwst-trajectory.gif
:name: fig:jwst-trajectory

The trajectory of the [James Webb Space Telescope](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope) (JWST) as viewed from above the ecliptic plane with Earth fixed. Note again the distance in the bottom of the animation, showing the satellite as approximately 1.5 million km from the earth. [Phoenix7777](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Animation_of_James_Webb_Space_Telescope_trajectory_-_Polar_view.gif), [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
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$L_1$ and $L_2$ in the Earth-Sun system are about 1.5 million km towards the Sun and away from the Sun, starting at the Earth, respectively. $L_3$ lies on the other side of the Sun, and has long been the predicted location of a hidden planet, since it could not be observed from Earth prior to the advent of satellite observation. Now, of course, we know there is no planet at that location.

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