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Lagrange point

Lagrange point · Lagrange points

точка Лагранжа

Lagrange-Punkt

A point in an orbital configuration of a two-body system where a small object affected…A point in an orbital configuration of a two-body system where a small object affected only by gravity can theoretically be stationary relative to the two larger objects.

» Tom has a phobia of Lagrange points.

Meaning

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A point in an orbital configuration of a two-body system where a small object affected only by gravity can theoretically be stationary relative to the two larger objects.
Lagrange-Punkt
то́чка Лагра́нжаtóčka Lagránža

Examples

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Tom has a phobia of Lagrange points.
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Translations

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Русский

By meaning 1

point in an orbital configuration:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

point in an orbital configuration:

Origin

Named after Joseph Louis Lagrange, who discovered the points L₄ and L₅, building on earlie

Named after Joseph Louis Lagrange, who discovered the points L₄ and L₅, building on earlier work by Leonhard Euler, and in 1772 published an essay on the three-body problem.

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