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So…. Is it’s clock going to be off due to the fact it’s taking longer to travel around the sun? How many days longer will it take for full rotation?
One of the special properties of Lagrange points is that they allow for orbital periods around the Sun that are equal to Earth’s even though they have varying distances from the Sun. 1/
For L1 (between Earth and Sun), Earth’s gravitational pull counteracts some of the Sun’s pull and thus makes the orbital period of an object at L1, the same as the Earth’s. 2/
For L2 (where we will be), the extra pull of Earth’s gravity decreases the orbital period of an object at L2, making it equal to Earth’s orbital period. The fact that we will be orbiting the L2 point doesn’t change this! 3/3
Understood, but is the orbit around L2 maintained by thrusters or is it something else?
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