#2717: L6 Lagrange Point explain

Grey on white diagram of the Earth orbiting the Sun, not to scale. Earth is depicted as a circle with pale grey continents on darker grey seas, and shows a view from above the North Pole without any Arctic ice. The sun is drawn surrounded by radially symmetrical exaggerated wave pattern.

Also in grey, approximate locations of Lagrange points 1 to 5 are marked with dots and labels: “L1” “L2” “L3” “L4” “L5”.

In black, a point on the Earth’s surface within the boundary of a continent that could be North America. Also in black, an arrow pointing towards the point, and the label “L6”.

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Huge space news: Astronomers have discovered a new Lagrange point just outside Cleveland.