Lagrange point

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Lagrange point

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Named after Joseph Louis Lagrange, who discovered the points L₄ and L₅, building on earlier work by Leonhard Euler, and in 1772 published an essay on the three-body problem.

noun Lagrange points · Lagrangian point

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. Mathematically, the Lagrange points represent solutions to a restricted form of the three body problem in which the mass of one object is assumed negligible compared to that of the two principal bodies—as, for example, an artificial satellite and the Earth–Moon system.
Similar: L-point

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noun point in an orbital configuration

Español	punto de Lagrange
한국어	라그랑주점 Rageurangju-jeom
日本語	ラグランジュ点 Raguranju-ten
中文	拉格朗日點 /拉格朗日点 Lāgélǎngrì diǎn
Français	point de Lagrange
Deutsch	Lagrange-Punkt
Italiano	punto di Lagrange
Русский	то́чка Лагра́нжа tóčka Lagránža
Tiếng Việt	điểm Lagrange
العربية	نُقْطَة لَاغْرَانْج nuqṭat laḡranj

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@misc{lagrange_point_2026,
  title = {Lagrange point},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lagrange%20point},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}