Questions tagged [lagrange-point]
Questions on any of the 5 locations where a small object can maintain a stable orbital configuration with respect to two co-orbiting larger bodies.
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Is there an L2 Lagrange point for Mercury that lies in the shadow?
Or is it just too far away to be shadowed from the photosphere of the sun?
Just wondering if some futuristic science/observation station could ever be placed there.
I know about the polar craters that ...
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Worthwhile to put a telescope on the far side of the Sun?
Are there any plans to place a telescope satellites on the far side of the Sun at the L3 Lagrange point?
I think it would be useful for a number of reasons. It would cover our blind spot for incoming ...
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Lagrange points for figure eight orbit
The figure 8 orbit is the only known stable orbital configuration for 3 bodies of equal mass. Are there islands of stability, analogous to Lagrange points for 2 orbiting bodies, that trace their way ...
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Area of Influence of Lagrange points?
By which I mean, the area around a Lagrange point where the linear-force approximation of the 3-body system defined at the Lagrange point itself is "good".
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Consider the restricted ...
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Is there a specific area on the far side of the moon, directly below the L2 Lagrange point in the Earth/Moon system?
It seems like there should be, and if so I wonder how large an area it is, if it changes size over time, and if it moves or wobbles in some way. On the latst point, I imagine it would certainly wobble ...
