Earth Lagrange Points (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Earth Lagrange Points

Caption

Earth’s Lagrange points are places in space where the gravitational pull between the Sun and Earth balance, making them relatively stable locations to put spacecraft.

Credit

NASA

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License

Public Domain

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