... but at L1 the pull of Earth and
Sun are balanced, keeping a
satellite at a fixed point
between the two
Earth and
moon’s orbit
Normally, objects closer to
the Sun orbit faster than
those further away ...
Sun
L1
Earth
and
moon
Lagrange points
Nasa’s Deep Space Climate Observatory sits at Lagrange point 1 – one of five points where an object could stay in a fixed position relative to Earth
... but at L1 the pull of Earth and
Sun are balanced, keeping a
satellite at a fixed point
between the two
Earth and
moon’s orbit
Normally, objects closer to
the Sun orbit faster than
those further away ...
Sun
L1
Earth
and
moon
Lagrange points
Nasa’s Deep Space Climate Observatory sits at Lagrange point 1 – one of five points where an object could stay in a fixed position relative to Earth
... but at L1 the pull of Earth and
Sun are balanced, keeping a
satellite at a fixed point
between the two
Earth and
moon’s orbit
Normally, objects closer to
the Sun orbit faster than
those further away ...
Sun
L1
Earth
and
moon
Lagrange points
Nasa’s Deep Space Climate Observatory sits at Lagrange point 1 – one of five points where an object could stay in a fixed position relative to Earth
... but at L1 the pull of Earth and
Sun are balanced, keeping a
satellite at a fixed point
between the two
Earth and
moon’s orbit
Normally, objects closer to
the Sun orbit faster than
those further away ...
Sun
L1
Earth
and moon
Lagrange points
Nasa’s Deep Space Climate Observatory sits at Lagrange point 1 – one of five points where an object could stay in a fixed position relative to Earth