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To: Red Badger

OK, is L3 stable or not?


15 posted on 02/24/2015 11:27:28 AM PST by T. P. Pole
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To: T. P. Pole
OK, is L3 stable or not?

Some terrible writing here. The author seems to imply that a planet on the far side of the sun couldn't exist because it's not in a Lagrange point, but then proceeds to show an image which diagrams a Lagrange point (L3) exactly there.
17 posted on 02/24/2015 11:32:49 AM PST by chrisser (Silly Wabbit. Trix are for kids. And Cheetos are for Rinos.)
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To: T. P. Pole

No, only stable in 2 dimensions. L4 and L5 are the only ones stable in 3 dimensions.


62 posted on 02/24/2015 1:41:14 PM PST by lagrange point1 (Space is no longer the final frontier)
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