• morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com
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    3 days ago

    Do Lagrange points count? I guess it’s only 4 of the 6 points of a hexagon, with the smaller mass, and the L3, L4 and L5 points forming the 4 points

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      I don’t think so, as you point out only 4 points are defined, and…I’m sure you could find like six stars around the rim of a galaxy that are equidistant and go “these form a regular hexagon 40,000 light years to a side” No I’m think I’ll restrict it to a structure that through some force more compelling than random happenstance has formed itself into a hexagon.