LAGRANGIAN POINT


Meaning of LAGRANGIAN POINT in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized L

Etymology: Joseph L. Lagrange died 1813 Italian-born geometer and astronomer in France + English -ian

: any of five points at which a small object (as a satellite) will be in gravitational equilibrium with and will move in a stable configuration with respect to two large bodies (as the earth and the sun)

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