Orbital mechanics · L1–L5
Lagrange Points
The five points in a two-body system where a small third body can remain fixed relative to the two, its motion balanced by their combined gravity. The James Webb Space Telescope orbits the Sun–Earth L2 point, and the Trojan asteroids sit at Jupiter's L4 and L5.
Highlights
- ›The five gravitational parking spots — home to JWST
Bodies, frames & concepts
Across celestial mechanics
Knowledge connections
- Associated withThe Restricted Three-Body Problem
- Associated withThe Restricted Three-Body Problem
- Associated withJames Webb Space Telescope
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics
Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.