The Earth-Moon L2 point is about 33,000 miles (60,000 km) beyond the far side of the Moon. Adding this to the average distance from the Earth to the Moon of about 239,000 miles gives a total distance of about 272,000 miles from Earth to the Earth-Moon Lagrange L2 point.
The distance of the Earth-Moon L5 Lagrange point from Earth is roughly about 384,400 kilometers, which is the average distance between the Earth and the Moon. The L5 Lagrange point is located on the opposite side of the Moon from Earth in its orbit around the Earth.
The Earth-Sun Lagrange point L5 is located on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth, forming an equilateral triangle with Earth and the Sun. This point is approximately 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.
*** original answer *** i dont have a clue what you are talking about but the earth is far bigger than the moon ******************* *** correct answer *** There are actually 5 Lagrange points in any two body system. I assume you're referring to the L1 point. This is the point along the line between the Earth and Moon where the gravitational forces from each body equal each other. That point is roughly 345,000 km from the center of the Earth (the Earth's radius is ~6378 km). The total distance from the Earth to the Moon is about 384,000 km. *******************
Depends on the question you're asking. First, do you mean the L4 point for the Earth's orbit around the sun or the moon's orbit around Earth? Second, do you mean the straight line distance or the arc distance along the orbital path? The L4 point in an orbit is 60 degrees of orbit ahead of the body. (It's third point of an equilateral triangle between the two bodies and a point in orbit ahead of the body, and an equilateral triangle has three 60 degree angles.) One full orbit of a planet is a circle, which is 360 degrees. Thus, the orbital arc distance is approximately 60/360ths, or about one sixth of the circumference of the orbit of the body. In the case of the Earth's Lagrange point relative to the sun, that's one sixth of about 942 million km, or about 157 million kilometers around the orbit. The straight line distance is much easier. It's an equilateral triangle. Thus, the distance in a straight line from the Earth to the L4 point is the same as the distance from the L4 point to the sun, which in turn is the same as the distance from the Earth to the sun. That's approximately 150 million kilometers, though this is necessarily an approximation due to the elliptical nature of Earth's orbit. (*Oh, good, the numbers are close. That probably means I didn't screw this up too badly.*) If you're talking about the distance from the Earth to the moon's L4 Lagrange point, that would be the same as the distance from the Earth to the moon, or an average of about 382,500 km. Hope that helps.
The SOHO satellite is in a halo orbit around the first Lagrange point, approximately 1.5 million kilometers (about 930,000 miles) from Earth. This location allows SOHO to have a continuous view of the Sun while maintaining a stable position relative to Earth.
The distance of the Earth-Moon L5 Lagrange point from Earth is roughly about 384,400 kilometers, which is the average distance between the Earth and the Moon. The L5 Lagrange point is located on the opposite side of the Moon from Earth in its orbit around the Earth.
The Earth-Sun Lagrange point L5 is located on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth, forming an equilateral triangle with Earth and the Sun. This point is approximately 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.
*** original answer *** i dont have a clue what you are talking about but the earth is far bigger than the moon ******************* *** correct answer *** There are actually 5 Lagrange points in any two body system. I assume you're referring to the L1 point. This is the point along the line between the Earth and Moon where the gravitational forces from each body equal each other. That point is roughly 345,000 km from the center of the Earth (the Earth's radius is ~6378 km). The total distance from the Earth to the Moon is about 384,000 km. *******************
Depends on the question you're asking. First, do you mean the L4 point for the Earth's orbit around the sun or the moon's orbit around Earth? Second, do you mean the straight line distance or the arc distance along the orbital path? The L4 point in an orbit is 60 degrees of orbit ahead of the body. (It's third point of an equilateral triangle between the two bodies and a point in orbit ahead of the body, and an equilateral triangle has three 60 degree angles.) One full orbit of a planet is a circle, which is 360 degrees. Thus, the orbital arc distance is approximately 60/360ths, or about one sixth of the circumference of the orbit of the body. In the case of the Earth's Lagrange point relative to the sun, that's one sixth of about 942 million km, or about 157 million kilometers around the orbit. The straight line distance is much easier. It's an equilateral triangle. Thus, the distance in a straight line from the Earth to the L4 point is the same as the distance from the L4 point to the sun, which in turn is the same as the distance from the Earth to the sun. That's approximately 150 million kilometers, though this is necessarily an approximation due to the elliptical nature of Earth's orbit. (*Oh, good, the numbers are close. That probably means I didn't screw this up too badly.*) If you're talking about the distance from the Earth to the moon's L4 Lagrange point, that would be the same as the distance from the Earth to the moon, or an average of about 382,500 km. Hope that helps.
Lagrange Point - video game - happened in 1991.
The SOHO satellite is in a halo orbit around the first Lagrange point, approximately 1.5 million kilometers (about 930,000 miles) from Earth. This location allows SOHO to have a continuous view of the Sun while maintaining a stable position relative to Earth.
The James Webb Space Telescope will be located approximately 1.5 million kilometers (about 932,000 miles) away from Earth at the second Lagrange point (L2), which is a stable gravitational point in space.
Lagrange Point - video game - was created on 1991-04-26.
I don't think such a point has a special name. Perhaps you are thinking of the Lagrange points, but that's not exactly the same.
Yes, they are called Lagrange points. Between any two objects in space there are 2 points in between them at which the pull of gravity from both cancel each other out.
The gravity never goes to exactly zero. Off in the most distant galaxy we can see, the gravitational force of the Moon (or the Earth, or for that matter you) is not zero. It's immeasurably small, but it's not zero. However, there is a point directly between the Earth and the Moon where the gravity of the two exactly balance each other. At less than this distance from the Moon, the net force is towards the Moon; at more than this distance, the net force is towards the Earth. It is located where the mass of the Earth divided by the distance to Earth squared is equal to the mass of the Moon divided by the distance to the Moon squared. The exact distance of this point from the center of the Moon varies since the distance between the Earth and the Moon is not constant, but it's roughly 10% of the center-to-center distance between the Earth and the Moon.
The null point, also known as the Lagrange point, where the gravitational force of Earth equals the gravitational force of the Moon is at a distance of about 56,000 kilometers (35,000 miles) from the center of the Earth, in the direction of the Moon. At this point, the forces are balanced, so an object placed there would experience zero net gravitational force from the Earth and Moon.