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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Created by a LANDED LAGRANGE POINT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
+ | In celestial mechanics, the {{w|Lagrange point}}s are points of equilibrium for small-mass objects under the influence of two massive orbiting bodies. Or in simpler terms, positions in space where objects can stay in the same position relative to the defining bodies. The L1, L2, and L3 points are unstable, as any drifting off the point (e.g. due to the gravity of other bodies) might quickly increase the tendency to depart the area. The L4 and L5 points can actually retain objects stably over long periods, resulting in the Sun-Jupiter L4 and L5 points capturing the {{w|Trojan (celestial_body)|Trojan Asteroids}}. | ||
− | + | There are five traditional Lagrange points, two spaced on the same orbital path as the original object (in this case Earth), and three more colinear with the Earth and the body it orbits (the Sun). Randall claims that a sixth Lagrange point has been discovered outside of {{w|Cleveland}}, {{w|Ohio}}. This is pretty obviously farcical, as this would be part of the Earth and thus not gravitationally balanced between Earth and the Sun, and the joke [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlaceWorseThanDeath plays on Cleveland's reputation as a strange place]. The joke is that there is a different type of place named Lagrange: {{w|LaGrange,_Ohio|Lagrange, OH}} is a small (population 2,103) village outside Cleveland [[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lagrange,+OH+44050/ map]]. | |
− | + | The title text mentions {{w|Akron}} and {{w|Toledo,_Ohio|Toledo}}, two other large cities in Ohio. It says that their gravitational influence is the reason why orbits around the Cleveland L6 are unstable. | |
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− | The title text mentions {{w|Akron}} and {{w|Toledo,_Ohio|Toledo}}, two other large cities in Ohio. It says that their gravitational influence is the reason why orbits around the | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :Grey on white diagram of the Earth | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
− | : | + | :Grey on white diagram of the Earth (circle with continents, not to scale) orbiting the Sun (drawn surrounded by radially symmetrical exaggerated wave pattern). |
− | :In black, a point on the Earth's surface | + | :In the same shade of grey, Lagrange points 1 to 5 are marked with dots and labelled "L1" to "L5". |
− | : | + | :In black, a point on the Earth's surface with an arrow pointing towards it, and the label "L6". |
− | :Huge space news: Astronomers have discovered a new Lagrange point just outside Cleveland. | + | :: "Huge space news: Astronomers have discovered a new Lagrange point just outside Cleveland." |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} |