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DescriptionLagrange points.jpg	A (not drawn to scale!) contour plot of the effective potential of a two-body system. (the Sun and Earth here), showing the 5 Lagrange points. An object orbiting in free-fall could trace out a contour (such as the Moon, shown).
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Source	http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_mm/ob_techorbit1.html - Retrieved March 31, 2006.
Author	NASA

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