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Consider a space pod somewhere between earth and the moon, at just the right distance so that the gravitational attractions to earth and the moon are equal. IS this location nea…

Consider a space pod somewhere between earth and the moon, at just the right distance so that the gravitational attractions to earth and the moon are equal. IS this location nea…
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Consider a space pod somewhere between earth and the moon, at just the right distance so that the gravitational attractions to earth and the moon are equal. IS this location nearer earth or the moon?

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User Nishanth Shankar
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look up Lagrange points
there are 5 of them
L1 is closer to the moon than earth
L3 and L4 are equal distance from the earth to moon


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