#lagrange point

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The Sun's Lagrange Points

Scientists at the University of Yeshiva have been modelling our Solar System, to see how far out the gravity of our star could influence even capture objects, and concluded it's as far out as 3.8 light years.

To put that into perspective, the closest star to our Sun is 4.24 light years, and would seem to suggest that there could even be an area of interchange between the two.

Enter the Lagrange points, areas of balance most frequently used between our Sun and Earth's gravitational influence, in fact, JWST uses one of these L points to maintain a stable orbit.

There is of course such points between all bodies, and the team were looking specifically at the Lagrange points between our Sun and the Galaxy itself, and how gravity here could provide an area where objects could get stuck in an orbit.

Consider that such objects will have been moving at the time of capture, the team predicts a fractal like pattern to the orbit, even possibly to dwarf planets or rogue planets, although the team suspect the latter would be too big to capture.

The outcome of the research is to suggest we turn our attention to these Lagrange areas between our Sun and Galaxy, and see what's orbiting there.

--Star Trek: Discovery: Lagrange Point

Il penultimo episodio di Star Trek: Discovery si rivela essere un interessante e concitato preludio a un epilogo che ha tutti gli ingredienti per essere soddisfacente.