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by yumraj 2491 days ago
It should have.

A 100 km X 30 km looks like elliptical orbit to me.
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lmilcin 2491 days ago
EVERY orbit is elliptical.

100km X 30km are ELEVATIONS, meaning the real orbit is diameter of Moon + 100km X diameter of Moon + 30km.

If you had this scaled and drawn on a sheet of you would need very accurate instrument to detect any deviation from perfect circle.

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mywittyname 2491 days ago
> real orbit is diameter of Moon + 100km X diameter of Moon + 30km.

3,574km X 3,504km

That helped me a bit.

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lmilcin 2491 days ago
So maybe not so precise instrument, but still, if this was 15cm ellipse the difference would be about 1mm.
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yumraj 2491 days ago
Yes, that makes sense.

100km x 30km orbit around moon, what was I thinking - facepalm (－‸ლ)

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saagarjha 2491 days ago
That's not really all that elliptical, especially compared to the eccentricity that the original orbit has. Also note that that figure was for the lander, not the orbiter.
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