Lagrange points

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lagrange_points
GPTKB entity
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Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Astronomical_concept
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Lagrangian_points
gptkbp:appliesTo Two-body systems
gptkbp:category gptkb:Celestial_mechanics
Orbital mechanics
Space science
gptkbp:example gptkb:Earth-Moon_system
gptkb:Earth-Sun_system
gptkb:Jupiter-Sun_system
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1772
gptkbp:L1 Between two large bodies
gptkbp:L2 Beyond the smaller body, away from the larger body
gptkbp:L3 Opposite side of the larger body from the smaller body
gptkbp:L4 60 degrees ahead of the smaller body in its orbit
gptkbp:L5 60 degrees behind the smaller body in its orbit
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Joseph-Louis_Lagrange
gptkbp:pointsSystem 5
gptkbp:stablePoints gptkb:L5
gptkb:L4
gptkbp:unstablePoints gptkb:L1
gptkb:L2
gptkb:L3
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Gaia_spacecraft
gptkb:Planck_spacecraft
gptkb:SOHO_spacecraft
gptkb:Herschel_Space_Observatory
gptkb:James_Webb_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:usedFor Observatories
Satellite placement
Spacecraft positioning
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Astrodynamics
gptkb:Celestial_mechanics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Joseph-Louis_Lagrange
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lagrange points