Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Earth orbits

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SVG animation comparing some Earth orbits, radiation belts and Earth to scale.[1] To allow size and statistic comparison, orbits are drawn perpendicular to the image.[2] animation
  1. ^ The Moon's orbit is around 9 times larger than geostationary orbit
  2. ^ Most of the orbits are actually at significant inclination
Reason
very nice svg animation, EV
Articles in which this image appears
GLONASS, Galileo (satellite navigation), Geostationary orbit, Global Positioning System, Low Earth orbit

Medium Earth orbit, Satellite navigation

FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator
Cmglee
  • OK, thanks. 23:38, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Promoted File:Comparison satellite navigation orbits.svg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:48, 26 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]