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Calculating the Lagrange point L2 for the JWST

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2025

Sunil K. Chebolu
Sunil K. Chebolu*
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Department of Mathematics, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790, USA e-mail: [email protected]
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On December 25th, 2021, NASA, in collaboration with the European and Canadian space agencies, achieved a remarkable feat by successfully launching the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), marking it as the largest and most powerful telescope ever constructed.* The JWST, a monumental collaborative project spanning over two decades, involved scientists and engineers from 300 universities and 14 countries, with a total investment of ten billion dollars.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 109 , Issue 574 , March 2025 , pp. 1 - 9
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© The Authors, 2025 Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Mathematical Association

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References

Cornish, Neil, The Lagrange points, WMAP Education and Outreach (1998), available at https://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/ContentMedia/lagrange.pdf Google Scholar