On 2007-10-15 11:14:20 -0400, "Bill" said:
Gravity always exists. At a LaGrange point, the gravity of one mass is
cancelled by the mass of another. So gravity has no effect on free
bodies at a LaGrange point, but gravity still exists.
How does one know it exists there? By measuring it?
By using it. There are a few satellites sitting in the vicinity of the
various Lagrange points.
Even there, the gravitational forces aren't exactly cancelled, but
exist in a dynamic balance.
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Jere Lull
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