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  • $\begingroup$ Related question on our sister site: space.stackexchange.com/q/8513/38535 & links therein $\endgroup$
    – PM 2Ring
    Commented Apr 21 at 6:16
  • $\begingroup$ NASA is so uninterested in L3 that it's not even in Horizons ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/api/… $\endgroup$
    – PM 2Ring
    Commented Apr 21 at 6:27
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    $\begingroup$ Maybe L4 and L5 might be more practical as I think they are more stable and possibly provide nearly as much coverage of the far side? $\endgroup$
    – KDP
    Commented Apr 21 at 7:12
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    $\begingroup$ You might as well put your comments in a formal answer. They seem resonable and informative. $\endgroup$
    – KDP
    Commented Apr 21 at 7:18
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    $\begingroup$ " It would cover our blind spot for incoming meteors" I don't quality to even be an amateur astronomer but my gut is telling me that if something remains out of sight, hiding behind the sun for a significant portion of its travel time, that it's very unlikely for it to be on a collision course with the Earth. $\endgroup$
    – Flater
    Commented Apr 22 at 4:56