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Instability of Motion at the Lagrangian Triangular Point in the Earth–Moon System

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I WISH to comment on the communication by Dr. E. T. Benedikt1 on the “Exact Determination of the Lunar Mass by means of a Selenoid Satellite”.

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  1. Benedikt, E. T., Nature, 192, 442 (1961).

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COLOMBO, G. Instability of Motion at the Lagrangian Triangular Point in the Earth–Moon System. Nature 193, 1063 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1931063a0

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