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Subject: Re: Lagrange Points
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Date: Tue, 29-Jan-85 00:56:09 EST
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Question: What is meant by a "barycentric" orbit? I've seen it mentioned
in the NASA listings without explanation. The dictionary defines it
as "orbiting around a center of mass" (which I thought all satellites did!)
With the explanation of the L4 and L5 points as orbits around a common
center of mass, are they really saying that these spacecraft inhabit
these two Lagrange points?

Phil