https://briankoberlein.com/2015/10/13/lagranges-gravitational-dance/ Brian Koberlein Tue, 19 Feb 2019 13:26:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.3 https://briankoberlein.com/2015/10/13/lagranges-gravitational-dance/#comment-3145 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 02:22:57 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=5347#comment-3145 I like the animation. I’ve simulated this before, and it’s difficult to get objects to stay near the Moon’s L4 & 5 points because of the influence of the Sun. John Chambers found some orbits that worked. Here’s a simulation I made with his data:
http://orbitsimulator.com/gravitySimulatorCloud/simulations/1444874023132_Lunar_Trojan.html
(Press the > button on the time step control)

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