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- initialism astrophysics fourth Lagrange point, located 60-degrees ahead on the orbit of the smaller object in orbit around a larger one
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NASA's twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft are about to enter these zones, known as the L4 and L5 Lagrangian points, each centered about 93 million miles away along Earth's orbit.
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I started to call L4 to come and do a little school work, but when I saw him I changed my mind.
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RD to GW, MAY 16, 1757 2 letters, GWP S4; GW to JR, JUN 10, 1757, GWP S2 L4.
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GW to RD, SEP 17, 1757, GWP S2 L4; RD to GW, OCT 24, 1757
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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GW to RD, DEC 19, 1756, GWP S2 L4; RD to GW, DEC 27, 1756
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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GW to Stanwix, JUN 15 and 28, to JR, JUL 10, 1757, GWP S2 L4.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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RD to GW, DEC 15 and 27, 1756, GWP S4; GW to RD, DEC 19, 1756, GWP S2 L4.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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GW to Joshua Lewis, AUG 3 and 4, to RD, AUG 27, 1757, GWP S2 L4.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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P.S. #1 The ONLY theoretically feasible approach to space solar power stations is to build them way up in the L4/L5 Lagrange points using materials from ... the Moon.
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GW to RD, JUL 10, 1757, GWP S2 L4; RD to GW, JUL 18, 1757
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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