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Lagrange points are places in space where the gravitational forces of two massive bodies, such as the Sun and a planet, balance out, making it easier for a low-mass object (such as a spacecraft or an asteroid) to orbit there.

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English: Lagrange points are places in space where the gravitational forces of two massive bodies, such as the Sun and a planet, balance out, making it easier for a low-mass object (such as a spacecraft or an asteroid) to orbit there. This diagram shows the five Lagrange points for the Earth-Sun system. (The size of Earth and the distances in the illustration are not to scale.)
Date 1 February 2022 (upload date)
Source Earth-Sun Lagrange Points
Author NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva Acknowledgment: M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab)
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