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### How to understand $L_4$ and $L_5$ Lagrange points gravity balance? [duplicate]

It's relative easy to understand gravity balance of Lagrange points $L_1$, $L_2$ and $L_3$. But I am having a hard time to understand how a body would be "kind of" balanced out on Lagrange points $L_4$...
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### Gravitational potential outside Lagrangian points or Lagrange points

The diagram in Why are L4 and L5 lagrangian points stable? shows that the gravitational potential decreases outside the ring of Lagrange points — this image shows it even more clearly: If I ...
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### How are the Lagrange points determined?

According to Hyper Physics, there are 5 equilibrium, or Lagrange points of the Earth-Moon system and only 2 of them are said to represent stable equilibrium points. This made me think if there is an ...
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### Why are the Lagrangian points $L_1$, $L_2$ & $L_3$ unstable?

Why are the Lagrangian points $L_1$, $L_2$ & $L_3$ unstable? I am doing a physics presentation in front of my class and I am just confirming this is correct, and if it isn't, could somebody ...
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### How wide is the $L_4$ and $L_5$ Moon-Earth Lagrangian point?

How far would an object need to be displaced from the $L_4$ and $L_5$ Lagrangian points so that it can escape returning to those points?
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### Proving the Stability of the Stable Lagrange Points

I'm working on a problem in Kibble's Classical Mechanics (Chapter 11, Problem 12) and came upon a method for exploring the stability of an equilibrium point that I wasn't familiar with. The question ...