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Stable Solar Orbits

06 Feb 2011

I came across this update early this morning (thanks to @Paul_Kinlan for resharing it):
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The European Space Agency has generated a very easy to grasp visualization of Lagrange points for the Earth, Sun and potential orbital positions. These orbits can prove as potential platforms for space constructions of the future (L4 & L5 have the greatest stability).

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