Finding Lagrange points L1 and L2

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is on its way to the Lagrange point L2 of the Sun-Earth system. Objects in this location are pulled on by the Sun and Earth equally, and will orbit the Sun at a fixed distance from Earth. There are five Lagrange points, L1 through L5. The points L1, L2, […] The post Finding Lagrange points L1 and L2 first appeared on John D. Cook....

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