solar power sats

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "levi1_ca" wrote:

> geosynchronous
> orbit of the moon at approx 80,000 km this is four times closer
> than the sites at L1 and L2 ( which have their own little orbits to
> correct the mirrors for ) and as to being on nearside - a satellite
> on far side would do as well ( except for the loss of the view of
> earth ) perhaps better as the effect of gravity from earth would be
> smaller. does anyone have any thoughts on this

At that distance you really have to account for the orbit distortion
that the Earth's mass will be causing.

TangoMan