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You always revert to your default position which is one of ignorance.Ghostisfort said:That's fine, but this is what these links are about and nothing to do with L!. L1 I'm told, is an Earth/Sun position whereas the neutral point is within the orbit of the Moon and is effective in any position of the Moon.rynner2 said:The spacecraft is always going uphill from Earth and downhill to the moon. (Gravitational fields are taken to be infinite in extent, so the spacecraft is always under the influence of both Earth and Moon, from lift-off to touch-down.)
The 'neutral point' where the field strengths are equal (and opposite) is of no real physical significance. It's just numerology; nothing happens there, and any spacecraft placed there would need power to remain there. This is because the point co-rotates with the Earth and Moon about their barycentre (their common centre of gravity).
Lagrange points, however, take this rotation into account by factoring in centrifugal forces, which is why bodies placed there will remain there. That's why they are the only physically meaningful neutral points.
"Lagrange points are the only physically meaningful neutral points".
They are meaningful in the context of this thread in that they appear to be anomalous which by default makes gravity theory appear anomalous.
It has been reported that the astronauts experienced a jolt. Wernher von Braun saw fit to report the phenomenon to the press.
"L1 I'm told, is an Earth/Sun position whereas the neutral point is within the orbit of the Moon and is effective in any position of the Moon."
No, L1 is a position between any large mass and a smaller one revolving around their common barycentre.
In which way are they anomalous? They've been understood and accepted by science for over 200 years!"Lagrange points are the only physically meaningful neutral points".
They are meaningful in the context of this thread in that they appear to be anomalous which by default makes gravity theory appear anomalous.
Reported where? References?It has been reported that the astronauts experienced a jolt. Wernher von Braun saw fit to report the phenomenon to the press.
I'd bet my life that this is another of your misinterpretations of crap website data.
No doubt the astronauts received a few jolts along the way, but I'm absolutely sure that none of them were due to Langrange points or 'pseudo' neutral points such as you posit.