In celestial mechanics, the Lagrange points (/ləˈɡrɑːndʒ/; also Lagrangian points or libration points) are points of equilibrium for small-mass objects... 50 KB (5,703 words) - 21:56, 7 May 2024 |
Orbital station-keeping (section Lagrange points) spacecraft are also possible around Lagrange points—also referred to as libration points—five equilibrium points that exist in relation to two larger... 14 KB (1,752 words) - 11:10, 15 November 2023 |
three-dimensional orbit associated with one of the L1, L2 and L3 Lagrange points. Near-rectilinear means that some segments of the orbit have a greater... 9 KB (931 words) - 05:13, 29 February 2024 |
In mathematical optimization, the method of Lagrange multipliers is a strategy for finding the local maxima and minima of a function subject to equation... 50 KB (7,741 words) - 16:49, 20 April 2024 |
Trojan (celestial body) (redirect from Trojan points) one mass negligible (which Lagrange did not consider), the five possible positions of that mass are now termed Lagrange points. The term "trojan" originally... 14 KB (1,446 words) - 01:38, 24 January 2024 |
Zero-velocity surface (section Lagrange points) 1023/A:1011919508410. S2CID 122886855. "CRTBP Pseudo-Potential and Lagrange Points". LagrangePointsPub.m. 13 October 2013. "Galaxies and the Universe - Galaxy... 6 KB (765 words) - 07:14, 11 November 2023 |
self-contained space colonies into stable equilibrium at the L4 or L5 Lagrange points, which had been advocated by Gerard O'Neill. The song's lyrics satirize... 3 KB (331 words) - 18:19, 9 September 2022 |
Lagrange point colonization is a proposed form of space colonization of the five equilibrium points in the orbit of a planet or its primary moon, called... 4 KB (314 words) - 22:46, 1 June 2023 |
Joseph-Louis Lagrange was an Italian mathematician, physicist and astronomer. Lagrange or La Grange may also refer to: Lagrange (surname), list of people... 3 KB (342 words) - 01:09, 25 January 2024 |
the one at right, the Earth's Hill sphere, which extends between the Lagrange points L1 and L2,[clarification needed] which lie along the line of centers... 26 KB (2,934 words) - 23:08, 7 May 2024 |
a moon that is highly stable because of its interactions with two Lagrange points (L1 and L2) of the planet–moon system. In more general terms, an object... 10 KB (960 words) - 08:11, 8 February 2024 |
Earth-Moon Lagrange points are options for stable lunar orbits, as with distant retrograde orbits, using two oppositional Lagrange points (L1 and L2)... 16 KB (1,730 words) - 18:59, 18 April 2024 |
International Cometary Explorer (category Artificial satellites at Earth-Sun Lagrange points) the first spacecraft to be placed in a halo orbit at the L1 Earth-Sun Lagrange point. Renamed ICE, it became the first spacecraft to visit a comet, passing... 31 KB (3,249 words) - 14:00, 1 May 2024 |
James Webb Space Telescope (category Artificial satellites at Earth-Sun Lagrange points) 2022 it arrived at its destination, a solar orbit near the Sun–Earth L2 Lagrange point, about 1.5 million kilometers (930,000 mi) from Earth. The telescope's... 210 KB (19,485 words) - 00:18, 14 May 2024 |
Joint Dark Energy Mission (category Artificial satellites at Earth-Sun Lagrange points) a 144-megapixel HgCdTe focal plane array, located at the Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point. The expected cost is around US$1.6 billion. The Dark Energy Space... 7 KB (888 words) - 21:59, 11 July 2023 |
Space colonization (section Lagrange points) ten years. Another near-Earth possibility are the stable Earth–Moon Lagrange points L4 and L5, at which point a space colony can float indefinitely. The... 168 KB (18,451 words) - 07:26, 14 May 2024 |
mechanics, the Euler–Lagrange equations are a system of second-order ordinary differential equations whose solutions are stationary points of the given action... 24 KB (4,831 words) - 16:34, 13 May 2024 |
Spektr-RG (category Artificial satellites at Earth-Sun Lagrange points) Spektr-RG (Russian: Спектр-РГ, Spectrum + Röntgen + Gamma; also called Spectrum-X-Gamma, SRG, SXG) is a Russian–German high-energy astrophysics space observatory... 16 KB (982 words) - 13:32, 17 April 2024 |
Javascript Simulation of our Solar System The Lagrange Points – with links to the original papers of Euler and Lagrange, and to translations, with discussion... 66 KB (8,605 words) - 09:20, 22 April 2024 |
Deep Space Climate Observatory (category Artificial satellites at Earth-Sun Lagrange points) reached L1 on 8 June 2015, joining the list of objects orbiting at Lagrange points. NOAA operates DSCOVR from its Satellite and Product Operations Facility... 33 KB (3,201 words) - 20:48, 10 May 2024 |
Herschel Space Observatory (category Artificial satellites at Earth-Sun Lagrange points) The Herschel Space Observatory was a space observatory built and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA). It was active from 2009 to 2013, and was... 40 KB (3,731 words) - 21:10, 13 May 2024 |