jajrussel Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 If you have two large gravitational masses some distance apart. Then another smaller mass passes through the middle of that distance is there any canceling out of force acting on the smaller mass? You can possibly toss out the word force, and substitute a relative term though I am not sure what that would be. Maybe something like intersecting space time curves, and the effect on the smaller mass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 If you have two large gravitational masses some distance apart. Then another smaller mass passes through the middle of that distance is there any canceling out of force acting on the smaller mass? You can possibly toss out the word force, and substitute a relative term though I am not sure what that would be. Maybe something like intersecting space time curves, and the effect on the smaller mass. As long as the mass/energy of any of the masses doesn't change, I don't think it makes a difference to the way gravity affects them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiot Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Yes they are called Lagrangian points. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrangian_point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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