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To: BenLurkin

Seems to me that the moons gravity would cause these points in space to wobble a bit.

True?
False?


3 posted on 02/04/2017 4:30:44 PM PST by InterceptPoint (Ted, you finally endorsed. About time.)
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To: InterceptPoint

7 posted on 02/04/2017 4:39:21 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: InterceptPoint

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Obviously they would advance and retard in elliptical fashion. probably a very small ellipse.


10 posted on 02/04/2017 4:42:42 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: InterceptPoint

The L4 and L5 Lagrange points are each 93 million miles from Earth. The same as the distance from the Earth to the Sun. The influence of the moon’s gravity at that distance is not very great


11 posted on 02/04/2017 4:44:25 PM PST by InABunkerUnderSF (Proudly deplorable since 2016)
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