What are Lagrange Points and/or Trojan Points?
For any astronomical body orbiting another there are 5 hypothetical Lagrange points (named after the French physicist who discovered them mathematically in the eighteenth century). • L1 is approximately half way between, and in line with, the two bodies. • L2 lies outside the orbit of the lesser body but still in line with them. • L3 is on the orbit and remains opposite the orbiting body. • L4 is on the orbit and remains 60 degrees ahead (leading) of the orbiting body. • L5 is on the orbit and remains 60 degrees behind (trailing) the orbiting body. L1, L2, and L3 are not stable … objects at these points will move away if not perfectly positioned or if disturbed (therefore no debris or space junk problem here). L4 and L5 are stable (objects near these points will gravitate towards them) provided that the orbiting body has less than 4% the mass of the primary (or orbitted) body and the object at the L4 or L5 point has negligable mass in comparison with the two bodies (therefore possibl
