L1

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L1 is the first Sun–Earth Lagrange point, a position in space where the gravitational forces of the Sun and Earth balance to allow a spacecraft to maintain a stable orbit between them.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
L1 canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lagrange point ⓘ
Sun–Earth Lagrange point ⓘ
location in space ⓘ
alsoKnownAs SE-L1 ⓘ
Sun–Earth L1 ⓘ
belongsTo five Sun–Earth Lagrange points ⓘ
coordinateSystem often described in barycentric rotating coordinates ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 0.01 astronomical units toward the Sun ⓘ
about 1.5 million kilometers toward the Sun ⓘ
distanceFromSun about 0.99 astronomical units ⓘ
governedBy Newtonian gravity with perturbations ⓘ
restricted three-body problem ⓘ
hasNeighbor Sun–Earth L2 ⓘ
Sun–Earth L3 ⓘ
hasOrbitType Lissajous orbit ⓘ
halo orbit ⓘ
hasOrdinalNumber 1 ⓘ
hasPosition between the Sun and the Earth ⓘ
hasProperty allows spacecraft to maintain a quasi-stable orbit ⓘ
collinear with the Sun and the Earth ⓘ
continuous line of sight to both Sun and Earth ⓘ
enables continuous view of the Sun ⓘ
fixed position in rotating Sun–Earth frame ⓘ
gravitational forces of Sun and Earth approximately balance ⓘ
inside Earth’s orbit around the Sun ⓘ
low-light interference from Earth and Moon compared to low Earth orbit ⓘ
not fixed in inertial frame ⓘ
on the Sun–Earth line ⓘ
requires precise navigation for insertion into halo or Lissajous orbit ⓘ
requires station-keeping maneuvers ⓘ
locatedIn Sun–Earth system ⓘ
monitors interplanetary magnetic field near Earth ⓘ
solar wind ⓘ
referenceFrame rotating frame co-rotating with Earth around the Sun ⓘ
relevantTo astrodynamics ⓘ
mission design for solar observatories ⓘ
space weather forecasting infrastructure ⓘ
spacecraftLocatedAt ACE ⓘ
DSCOVR ⓘ
Genesis (past mission) ⓘ
SOHO ⓘ
Wind ⓘ
stabilityType unstable equilibrium point ⓘ
usedFor early warning of solar storms ⓘ
heliophysics research ⓘ
solar observation ⓘ
space weather monitoring ⓘ

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