'L2' Will be the James Webb Space Telescope's Home in Space
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 14:00
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- When you ask an astronomer about the James Webb Space Telescope's orbit, they'll tell you something that sounds like it came from a science-fiction novel. The Webb won't be orbiting the Earth -instead we will send it almost a million miles out into space to a place called "L2."