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Oct25-04, 08:09 AM   #1
 

Lagrange Points


<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no,location=no, scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>\n\nIf you like physics and astronomy, check out my new improved\nwebpage on "Lagrange points" - those orbits where a small third\nbody can stay in equilibrium rotating along with two more massive\nones:\n\nhttp://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/langrange.html\n\nWatch a movie of Trojan asteroids, read about the rare Mars\nTrojans and the one known Neptune Trojan, see a movie of the\ncrazy horseshoe-shaped orbit of the asteroid 3753 Cruithne,\nread about the search for alien spacecraft at the earth-moon\nLagrange points, and learn what was *found* at these Lagrange\npoints! Read about the mysterious missing extra moons of the\nEarth: Lilith and Kleinchen! There\'s some nice math here, too:\nNeil Cornish\'s proof that orbits at L4 and L5 are stable.\n\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form">&nbsp;&nbsp;View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>If you like physics and astronomy, check out my new improved
webpage on "Lagrange points" - those orbits where a small third
body can stay in equilibrium rotating along with two more massive
ones:

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/langrange.html

Watch a movie of Trojan asteroids, read about the rare Mars
Trojans and the one known Neptune Trojan, see a movie of the
crazy horseshoe-shaped orbit of the asteroid 3753 Cruithne,
read about the search for alien spacecraft at the earth-moon
Lagrange points, and learn what was *found* at these Lagrange
points! Read about the mysterious missing extra moons of the
Earth: Lilith and Kleinchen! There's some nice math here, too:
Neil Cornish's proof that orbits at L4 and L5 are stable.


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Oct25-04, 10:42 AM   #2
 
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no,location=no, scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>\n\n\nIn article &lt;clhftu\\$n0b\\$1@glue.ucr.edu&gt;, John Baez &lt;baez@galaxy.ucr.edu&gt; wrote:\n\n&gt;http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/langrange.html\n\nThat\'s\n\nhttp://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/lagrange.html\n\nof course.\n\n-Ted\n\n\n--\n[E-mail me at name@domain.edu, as opposed to name@machine.domain.edu.]\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form">&nbsp;&nbsp;View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>In article <clhftu$n0b$1@glue.ucr.edu>, John Baez <baez@galaxy.ucr.edu> wrote:

>http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/langrange.html


That's

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/lagrange.html

of course.

[tex]-Ted[/tex]


--
[E-mail me at name@domain.edu, as opposed to name@machine.domain.edu.]
Oct25-04, 10:57 AM   #3
 
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no,location=no, scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>\n\nJohn Baez wrote:\n&gt;\n&gt; If you like physics and astronomy, check out my new improved\n&gt; webpage on "Lagrange points" - those orbits where a small third\n&gt; body can stay in equilibrium rotating along with two more massive\n&gt; ones:\n&gt;\n&gt; http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/langrange.html\n&gt;\n&gt; Watch a movie of Trojan asteroids, read about the rare Mars\n&gt; Trojans and the one known Neptune Trojan, see a movie of the\n&gt; crazy horseshoe-shaped orbit of the asteroid 3753 Cruithne,\n&gt; read about the search for alien spacecraft at the earth-moon\n&gt; Lagrange points, and learn what was *found* at these Lagrange\n&gt; points! Read about the mysterious missing extra moons of the\n&gt; Earth: Lilith and Kleinchen! There\'s some nice math here, too:\n&gt; Neil Cornish\'s proof that orbits at L4 and L5 are stable.\n\nAs noted elsewhere, John got hit by an ohnosecond. The correct URL is\n\nhttp://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/lagrange.html\n\nand it\'s a lovely page.\n\n--\nUncle Al\nhttp://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/\n(Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)\nhttp://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz.pdf\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form">&nbsp;&nbsp;View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>John Baez wrote:
>
> If you like physics and astronomy, check out my new improved
> webpage on "Lagrange points" - those orbits where a small third
> body can stay in equilibrium rotating along with two more massive
> ones:
>
> http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/langrange.html
>
> Watch a movie of Trojan asteroids, read about the rare Mars
> Trojans and the one known Neptune Trojan, see a movie of the
> crazy horseshoe-shaped orbit of the asteroid 3753 Cruithne,
> read about the search for alien spacecraft at the earth-moon
> Lagrange points, and learn what was *found* at these Lagrange
> points! Read about the mysterious missing extra moons of the
> Earth: Lilith and Kleinchen! There's some nice math here, too:
> Neil Cornish's proof that orbits at L4 and L5 are stable.


As noted elsewhere, John got hit by an ohnosecond. The correct URL is

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/lagrange.html

and it's a lovely page.

--
Uncle Al
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/
(Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz.pdf
Oct26-04, 03:10 AM   #4
 

Lagrange Points


<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no,location=no, scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>John Baez &lt;baez@galaxy.ucr.edu&gt; wrote:\n\n&gt; If you like physics and astronomy, check out my new improved\n&gt; webpage on "Lagrange points" - those orbits where a small third\n&gt; body can stay in equilibrium rotating along with two more massive\n&gt; ones:\n&gt;\n&gt; http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/lagrange.html\n&gt;\n&gt; Watch a movie of Trojan asteroids, read about the rare Mars\n&gt; Trojans and the one known Neptune Trojan, see a movie of the\n&gt; crazy horseshoe-shaped orbit of the asteroid 3753 Cruithne,\n&gt; read about the search for alien spacecraft at the earth-moon\n&gt; Lagrange points, and learn what was *found* at these Lagrange\n&gt; points! Read about the mysterious missing extra moons of the\n&gt; Earth: Lilith and Kleinchen! There\'s some nice math here, too:\n&gt; Neil Cornish\'s proof that orbits at L4 and L5 are stable.\n\nAs you say there:\n&gt; But in these cases, the Coriolis force also plays a crucial role!\n\nA remark on the Coriolis force in problems like these:\nyou can see immediately that it must play a crucial role\nby considering the motion a stationary point in an inertial frame,\nas seen from a rotating frame.\nIn the rotating frame the motion is uniformly circular.\n\nActing on it in the rotating frame is at first sight\nonly the centrifugal force, so it might seem a mystery\nthat it would stay in it\'s circular orbit.\nOf course the coriolis force comes to the rescue\n(notice the essential factor two!)\nto provide the needed centripetal force.\n\nBest,\n\nJan\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form">&nbsp;&nbsp;View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>John Baez <baez@galaxy.ucr.edu> wrote:

> If you like physics and astronomy, check out my new improved
> webpage on "Lagrange points" - those orbits where a small third
> body can stay in equilibrium rotating along with two more massive
> ones:
>
> http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/lagrange.html
>
> Watch a movie of Trojan asteroids, read about the rare Mars
> Trojans and the one known Neptune Trojan, see a movie of the
> crazy horseshoe-shaped orbit of the asteroid 3753 Cruithne,
> read about the search for alien spacecraft at the earth-moon
> Lagrange points, and learn what was *found* at these Lagrange
> points! Read about the mysterious missing extra moons of the
> Earth: Lilith and Kleinchen! There's some nice math here, too:
> Neil Cornish's proof that orbits at L4 and L5 are stable.


As you say there:
> But in these cases, the Coriolis force also plays a crucial role!


A remark on the Coriolis force in problems like these:
you can see immediately that it must play a crucial role
by considering the motion a stationary point in an inertial frame,
as seen from a rotating frame.
In the rotating frame the motion is uniformly circular.

Acting on it in the rotating frame is at first sight
only the centrifugal force, so it might seem a mystery
that it would stay in it's circular orbit.
Of course the coriolis force comes to the rescue
(notice the essential factor two!)
to provide the needed centripetal force.

Best,

Jan
Oct27-04, 10:56 AM   #5
 
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no,location=no, scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>\n\n\nIn article &lt;clhftu\\$n0b\\$1@glue.ucr.edu&gt;, John Baez &lt;baez@galaxy.ucr.edu&gt; wrote:\n\n&gt;If you like physics and astronomy, check out my new improved\n&gt;webpage on "Lagrange points" - those orbits where a small third\n&gt;body can stay in equilibrium rotating along with two more massive\n&gt;ones:\n&gt;\n&gt;http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/langrange.html\n\nOr even better:\n\nhttp://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/lagrange.html\n\nI know physics but I can\'t speell.\n\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form">&nbsp;&nbsp;View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>In article <clhftu$n0b$1@glue.ucr.edu>, John Baez <baez@galaxy.ucr.edu> wrote:

>If you like physics and astronomy, check out my new improved
>webpage on "Lagrange points" - those orbits where a small third
>body can stay in equilibrium rotating along with two more massive
>ones:
>
>http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/langrange.html


Or even better:

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/lagrange.html

I know physics but I can't speell.


Oct27-04, 10:56 AM   #6
 
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no,location=no, scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>\n\n\nJohn Baez &lt;baez@galaxy.ucr.edu&gt; wrote:\n\n&gt; If you like physics and astronomy, check out my new improved\n&gt; webpage on "Lagrange points" - those orbits where a small third\n&gt; body can stay in equilibrium rotating along with two more massive\n&gt; ones:\n&gt;\n&gt; http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/lagrange.html\n&gt;\n&gt; Watch a movie of Trojan asteroids, read about the rare Mars\n&gt; Trojans and the one known Neptune Trojan, see a movie of the\n&gt; crazy horseshoe-shaped orbit of the asteroid 3753 Cruithne,\n&gt; read about the search for alien spacecraft at the earth-moon\n&gt; Lagrange points, and learn what was *found* at these Lagrange\n&gt; points! Read about the mysterious missing extra moons of the\n&gt; Earth: Lilith and Kleinchen! There\'s some nice math here, too:\n&gt; Neil Cornish\'s proof that orbits at L4 and L5 are stable.\n\nAs you say there:\n&gt; But in these cases, the Coriolis force also plays a crucial role!\n\nA remark on the Coriolis force in problems like these:\nyou can see immediately that it must play a crucial role\nby considering the motion a stationary point in an inertial frame,\nas seen from a rotating frame.\nIn the rotating frame the motion is uniformly circular.\n\nActing on it in the rotating frame is at first sight\nonly the centrifugal force, so it might seem a mystery\nthat it would stay in it\'s circular orbit.\nOf course the coriolis force comes to the rescue\n(notice the essential factor two!)\nto provide the needed centripetal force.\n\nBest,\n\nJan\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form">&nbsp;&nbsp;View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>John Baez <baez@galaxy.ucr.edu> wrote:

> If you like physics and astronomy, check out my new improved
> webpage on "Lagrange points" - those orbits where a small third
> body can stay in equilibrium rotating along with two more massive
> ones:
>
> http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/lagrange.html
>
> Watch a movie of Trojan asteroids, read about the rare Mars
> Trojans and the one known Neptune Trojan, see a movie of the
> crazy horseshoe-shaped orbit of the asteroid 3753 Cruithne,
> read about the search for alien spacecraft at the earth-moon
> Lagrange points, and learn what was *found* at these Lagrange
> points! Read about the mysterious missing extra moons of the
> Earth: Lilith and Kleinchen! There's some nice math here, too:
> Neil Cornish's proof that orbits at L4 and L5 are stable.


As you say there:
> But in these cases, the Coriolis force also plays a crucial role!


A remark on the Coriolis force in problems like these:
you can see immediately that it must play a crucial role
by considering the motion a stationary point in an inertial frame,
as seen from a rotating frame.
In the rotating frame the motion is uniformly circular.

Acting on it in the rotating frame is at first sight
only the centrifugal force, so it might seem a mystery
that it would stay in it's circular orbit.
Of course the coriolis force comes to the rescue
(notice the essential factor two!)
to provide the needed centripetal force.

Best,

Jan

Nov3-04, 09:43 AM   #7
 
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Its also important to realise that the Lagrange points are forced oscillations, the 'trojan' is kept in check by the parent body. This is significant when extra-solar planetary systems with 'hot Jupiters' are concerned. If these planets have migrated from their place of origin they would have taken their 'trojans' with them. So planets that themselves are unsuitable for life because they are gas giants, but are in the biological zone of their parent star, could not only have life bearing satellites but also life bearing 'trojan' companions.
Nov3-04, 09:43 AM   #8
 
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no,location=no, scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>John Baez wrote:\n&gt; If you like physics and astronomy, check out my new improved\n&gt; webpage on "Lagrange points" - those orbits where a small third\n&gt; body can stay in equilibrium rotating along with two more massive\n&gt; ones:\n&gt;\n&gt; http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/langrange.html\n&gt;\n&gt; Watch a movie of Trojan asteroids, read about the rare Mars\n&gt; Trojans and the one known Neptune Trojan, see a movie of the\n&gt; crazy horseshoe-shaped orbit of the asteroid 3753 Cruithne,\n&gt; read about the search for alien spacecraft at the earth-moon\n&gt; Lagrange points, and learn what was *found* at these Lagrange\n&gt; points! Read about the mysterious missing extra moons of the\n&gt; Earth: Lilith and Kleinchen! There\'s some nice math here, too:\n&gt; Neil Cornish\'s proof that orbits at L4 and L5 are stable.\n&gt;\n&gt;\n\nIt may interest you and others in the group that the "Gallica" site of\nthe French national library has the paper by Lagrange "Essai sur le\nprobl=E8me des trois corps" available for free download.\nGo to http://gallica.bnf.fr/Metacata.htm and write Lagrange as the\nauthor. Select the 6th volume of the collected works: "Oeuvres / Joseph\nLouis de Lagrange. 6 / publ. par les soins de J.-A. Serret" and then go\nto page 229.\nBeside, Gallica has many other vintage astronomy books and papers\navailable for download.\nPaolo\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form">&nbsp;&nbsp;View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>John Baez wrote:
> If you like physics and astronomy, check out my new improved
> webpage on "Lagrange points" - those orbits where a small third
> body can stay in equilibrium rotating along with two more massive
> ones:
>
> http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/langrange.html
>
> Watch a movie of Trojan asteroids, read about the rare Mars
> Trojans and the one known Neptune Trojan, see a movie of the
> crazy horseshoe-shaped orbit of the asteroid 3753 Cruithne,
> read about the search for alien spacecraft at the earth-moon
> Lagrange points, and learn what was *found* at these Lagrange
> points! Read about the mysterious missing extra moons of the
> Earth: Lilith and Kleinchen! There's some nice math here, too:
> Neil Cornish's proof that orbits at L4 and L5 are stable.
>
>


It may interest you and others in the group that the "Gallica" site of
the French national library has the paper by Lagrange "Essai sur le
probl=E8me des trois corps" available for free download.
Go to http://gallica.bnf.fr/Metacata.htm and write Lagrange as the
author. Select the 6th volume of the collected works: "Oeuvres / Joseph
Louis de Lagrange. 6 / publ. par les soins de J.-A. Serret" and then go
to page 229.
Beside, Gallica has many other vintage astronomy books and papers
available for download.
Paolo

Nov3-04, 10:04 AM   #9
 
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no,location=no, scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>While, me too, was very much in awe of the\nconcepts of Lagrange Points, thought I would\nshare one of my thoughts when I first learned\nabout this math (and thats what I would\nconsider it, math).\n\nOur present most advance theories limit our\nvelocities to that of the speed of light. If I am\na physics, and someone ask me if I think we\nwill able break the speed of light barrier (the\nso-called \'warp\'), my answer would be we\ndon\'t know how, but someday, we will. If you\ndon\'t have faith that its possible, why continue\nto study, everythings already known.\n\nSo, thanks for those have have preceeded, to\nshow the light to those that follow, but if the\nstudy physics is what drives your heart, don\'t\nuse Lagrange points as a panacea.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSubject: Lagrange Points\nFrom: baez@galaxy.ucr.edu (John Baez)\nDate: 10/25/04 5:09 AM Pacific Standard Time\nMessage-id: &lt;clhftu\\$n0b\\$1@glue.ucr.edu&gt;\n\n\n\nIf you like physics and astronomy, check out my new\nimproved webpage on "Lagrange points" - those orbits\nwhere a small third body can stay in equilibrium rotating\nalong with two more massive ones:\n\nhttp://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/langrange.html\n\nWatch a movie of Trojan asteroids, read about the rare\nMars Trojans and the one known Neptune Trojan, see a\nmovie of the crazy horseshoe-shaped orbit of the asteroid\n3753 Cruithne, read about the search for alien spacecraft\nat the earth-moon Lagrange points, and learn what was\n*found* at these Lagrange points! Read about the\nmysterious missing extra moons of the Earth: Lilith and Kleinchen! There\'s\nsome nice math here, too:Neil\nCornish\'s proof that orbits at L4 and L5 are stable.\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form">&nbsp;&nbsp;View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>While, me too, was very much in awe of the
concepts of Lagrange Points, thought I would
share one of my thoughts when I first learned
about this math (and thats what I would
consider it, math).

Our present most advance theories limit our
velocities to that of the speed of light. If I am
a physics, and someone ask me if I think we
will able break the speed of light barrier (the
so-called 'warp'), my answer would be we
don't know how, but someday, we will. If you
don't have faith that its possible, why continue
to study, everythings already known.

So, thanks for those have have preceeded, to
show the light to those that follow, but if the
study physics is what drives your heart, don't
use Lagrange points as a panacea.







Subject: Lagrange Points
From: baez@galaxy.ucr.edu (John Baez)
Date: [itex]10/25/04 5:09 AM[/itex] Pacific Standard Time
Message-id: <clhftu$n0b$1@glue.ucr.edu>



If you like physics and astronomy, check out my new
improved webpage on "Lagrange points" - those orbits
where a small third body can stay in equilibrium rotating
along with two more massive ones:

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/langrange.html

Watch a movie of Trojan asteroids, read about the rare
Mars Trojans and the one known Neptune Trojan, see a
movie of the crazy horseshoe-shaped orbit of the asteroid
3753 Cruithne, read about the search for alien spacecraft
at the earth-moon Lagrange points, and learn what was
*found* at these Lagrange points! Read about the
mysterious missing extra moons of the Earth: Lilith and Kleinchen! There's
some nice math here, too:Neil
Cornish's proof that orbits at L4 and L5 are stable.

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