Re: Threading a moon

IsaacKuo wrote:

The more interesting part is staying in orbit around the L1
or L2 point. As I understand it, there are stable orbits
which circle around an L1 or L2 point. If you stand on the
moon and look at the lagrange point, the satellite appears
to keep the same distance as the lagrange point, but it
slowly circles around it.

Not sure what you're referring to here. L1 and L2 are never table; L4 and L5 _sometimes_ are.

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