Moontanman Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Do gravity holes harbour planetary assassins? THEY are the places gravity forgot. Vast regions of space, millions of kilometres across, in which celestial forces conspire to cancel out gravity and so trap anything that falls into them. They sit in the Earth's orbit, one marching ahead of our planet, the other trailing along behind. Astronomers call them Lagrangian points, or L4 and L5 for short. The best way to think of them, though, is as celestial flypaper. Do gravity holes harbour planetary assassins? - space - 18 February 2009 - New Scientist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctus Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Very interesting, thanks montanman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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