On 26/08/2014 21:55, Warp wrote:
> Would it be possible to make a planet orbit a star, and five moons
> orbiting the star with the planet, one in each Lagrangian point?
> Or even the moons orbiting the Lagrangian points themselves (ie.
> seemingly orbiting around nothing.)
> 

Only if the moons have a small enough mass (compared to the two others).
That's the definition of the Lagrange points. Is an asteroid a moon ?


Problem with L1, L2 & L3, they are a saddle: along the orbits, the field
push you back to Lx, but along the star-planet line, the field push you
away from it, so if you get nearer or further, you're doomed.

The asteroids (trojans and greeks) at L4 & L5 of the sun-jupiter system
shows that it's possible to have some swarms moving around the sun at
the rate of the planet.

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Trojan

You can even dream of horseshoe orbital:

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_orbit



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IQ of crossposters with FU: 100 / (number of groups)
IQ of crossposters without FU: 100 / (1 + number of groups)
IQ of multiposters: 100 / ( (number of groups) * (number of groups))

-- 
IQ of crossposters with FU: 100 / (number of groups)
IQ of crossposters without FU: 100 / (1 + number of groups)
IQ of multiposters: 100 / ( (number of groups) * (number of groups))

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