Three Lagrange points are unstable and lie along that line (L1, L2, and L3), and two are stable (L4 and L5) and symmetric, above and below that line as points of an equilateral triangle.

Within the Earth-Sun system, there are five Lagrange points (L1 – L5), of which L2 is currently the home of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and was the home to previous observatories ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is approaching its new home. On January 24, it will arrive at a point in space that scientists call Lagrange point 2, or L2.

A: The Lagrangian points are indeed points, infinitesimal in size, where the gravitational forces from a planet and another body (generally the Sun or a moon) exactly balance the centrifugal force ...

Chang'e 2's movement also involves capabilities for deep space tracking and communication out to 1.5 million kilometers from the Earth, Belbruno pointed out, where L2 and another Lagrange point ...

Three of these L points, L 1, L 2 and L 3, are along the line connecting the orbiting body and its parent body: L 1 is located between them, at a point closer to the orbiter. L 2 is on the far ...

A NASA diagram showing Webb's orbit around Lagrange Point 2, edited to indicate the telescope's location at the time of Monday's orbit insertion burn and where the telescope will be six months ...

China's second moon probe Chang'e 2 has been recycled into a deep space probe to explore the L2 Lagrange point. The feat could herald future Chinese deep space missions.