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Originally Posted by Sabersonic
However, I did not find the answers to my questions in determining if a Planet-Moon system could have Lagrangian Points or not and the maximum mass/moon type/moonlet that could occupy that zone. Is there a suggested dice formula to determine if such a system could even have Lagrangian points if they meet certain requirements or do I just dictate that those two bodies have those points and leave it as that?
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They'll have the first three points, and the other two if the ratio of the masses are high enough (the aforementioned 25:1). As to the maximum mass that can be placed there, probably considerably smaller than either the primary or the satellite, to avoid disturbing
their orbits.