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Early use of the term "Lagrange/Lagrangian Point" ??
I seek early references to the Lagrange Points in fiction. They do not
need to actually use the word "Lagrange", but the intent must be clear and not just counter-Earth. By "early" - anything before "A Fall of Moondust" (1961), but I know already of Planetoid 127, Derelict of Space, Venus Equilateral, and Jupiter Equilateral. Also in early non-fiction. Note - They are not mentioned in Lagrange's "Essai sur le Problème des Trois Corps" or in Euler's E327 or as far as I can see anywhere else in Lagrange or Euler. I know of the first observation (1904) and the first discovery (1906). I know from "Autour de la Lune" that Verne had heard of the three-body problem but had a feeble understanding of gravity and other physics. -- (c) John Stockton, nr London, UK. Mail via homepage. Turnpike v6.05 MIME. Web http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/ - FAQqish topics, acronyms and links; Astro stuff via astron-1.htm, gravity0.htm ; quotings.htm, pascal.htm, etc. No Encoding. Quotes before replies. Snip well. Write clearly. Don't Mail News. |
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