English word senses marked with topical category "Lagrange points"

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Total 20 word senses

• JWST (Proper name) Initialism of James Webb Space Telescope.
• L1 (Noun) Abbreviation of Lagrange point 1, located between the larger and smaller objects along a line connecting the two.
• L2 (Noun) A second language (a language being learned, as opposed to a mother tongue).
• L3 (Noun) Abbreviation of Lagrange point 3, located 180 degrees away from the smaller object and slightly outside the smaller object's orbit around the larger object.
• L4 (Noun) Abbreviation of Lagrange point 4, located 60 degrees ahead of the smaller object along its orbit around the larger object.
• L5 (Noun) Abbreviation of Lagrange point 5, located 60 degrees behind the smaller object along its orbit around the larger object.
• Lagrange point (Noun) A point in an orbital configuration of a two-body system where a small object affected only by gravity can theoretically be stationary relative to the two larger objects.
• Lagrangian (Noun) Ellipsis of Lagrangian point; a Lagrange point.
• Lagrangian point (Noun) Alternative form of Lagrange point
• Lissajous orbit (Noun) A quasiperiodic orbital trajectory that an object can follow around a Lagrangian point of a three-body system without requiring any propulsion.
• Lyapunov orbit (Noun) In the restricted three-body problem, a curved path around a Lagrangian point that lies entirely in the plane of the two primary bodies.
• Trojan asteroid (Noun) an asteroid occupying the Trojan points of the Sun-Jupiter system
• Trojan asteroid (Noun) by extension, any asteroid occupying a Trojan point
• Trojan moon (Noun) A pseudo-moon that occupies a Trojan point of a system.
• Trojan planet (Noun) a planet that occupies a Trojan point of a star system
• Trojan point (Noun) the L4 and L5 Lagrange points of the Sun-Jupiter orbital configuration
• Trojan point (Noun) by extension, any L4 and L5 Lagrange points
• halo orbit (Noun) A periodic, three-dimensional orbit about any one of the Lagrange points L₁, L₂ or L₃ of a two-body gravitational system.
• libration point (Noun) Synonym of Lagrange point
• trojan (Noun) Malware that appears to perform or actually performs a desired task for a user while performing a harmful task without the user's knowledge or consent.

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