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Re: (meteorobs) Re; Lunar impacts



>David & all,
>>      Surely the HST could watch the moon for impacts.    Although it is
down to two gyros from six, two should be enough for the
>Hubble to get a fix on the moon.


Actually it is three. To fix a point in space you need 3 coordinates, x, y,
z and hence three gyros.
The Hubble is defunct without repair.





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