egg changed the topic of #principia to: Logs: https://esper.irclog.whitequark.org/principia | <scott_manley> anyone that doubts the wisdom of retrograde bop needs to get the hell out | https://xkcd.com/323/ | <egg> calculating the influence of lamont on Pluto is a bit silly…
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<queqiao->
⟨daverec1525⟩ One minor detail: that picture implicitly assumes the earth is rotating upwards/counter-clockwise (hence L4 is ahead and L5 is behind).
<queqiao->
⟨daverec1525⟩ +relative to the sun at the center
<queqiao->
⟨pound_of_cheese⟩ has anyone ever gone to l3?
<raptop>
In real life no. In Principia, maybe?
<queqiao->
⟨razgriz16⟩ L3 just is not a particularly useful place. "Congrats, you can never communicate directly with Earth, you always have full solar exposure, it is hard to get here, and it isn't stable"