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Lagrange Points - More Than You Ever Wanted to Know

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This video covers the fundamental physics of Lagrange Points, and also dives deep into the stability of each Lagrange point in detail. Optional (but recommended!) refreshers are provided on some basic orbital mechanics, the centrifugal force, and the Coriolis force.

Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:46 Lagrange point basics
10:41 Fictitious forces introduction
12:07 Centrifugal force
13:30 Coriolis force
16:45 Lagrange point stability
21:16 Potential surface derivation
25:55 Lagrange point stability continued

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