Comment by vl
1 month ago
How can this practically work though? As Earth goes around the Sun 90 degrees, orbit will become half-shadowed.
1 month ago
How can this practically work though? As Earth goes around the Sun 90 degrees, orbit will become half-shadowed.
The earth isn't exactly round, you can use this to process your orbit exactly 360deg/year so you can always stay in the sun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-synchronous_orbit
s/process/precess/
It's wild that I didn't even realize it didn't say precess until I saw your comment. Brains are weird.