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[-] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 27 points 1 year ago

There is gravitational pull, from both the Earth and the Sun. The JWST is orbiting the "earth-sun system" if you will.

You can read more about Lagrange points here.

[-] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

So they solved the Three Body Problem?

[-] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's not really a three body problem. For that, the gravity of the JWST would have to affect the other two bodies, but its gravity is negligible.

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