June 4 2012

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fuckyeahspaceexploration: The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope orbits Earth with a complicated motion. This map shows the position of a particular pulsar (the Vela pulsar) inside the field of view of the telescope as it orbits around the Earth rocking north/south; rolls to keep its solar panels facing the Sun; and precesses around its axis once ever 54 days. It is a compound of these three motions that gives rise to this image.

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The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope orbits Earth with a complicated motion. This map shows the position of a particular pulsar (the Vela pulsar) inside the field of view of the telescope as it orbits around the Earth rocking north/south; rolls to keep its solar panels facing the Sun; and precesses around its axis once ever 54 days. It is a compound of these three motions that gives rise to this image.

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