02-22-2010, 09:57 PM | #11 |
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Re: [SPACE] Rules considering Lagrange Points in Advanced Worldbuilding
L was supposedly looking for places in the rotating reference frame where the attraction of the two bodies and the centripetal acceleration summed to zero. The amount of mass of a third body or its absence would not alter the solution, but enough mass would invalidate the assumption that the second body is in a stable, near circular orbit around the first.
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advanced worldbuilding, gurps, lagrangian, space, trojan |
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