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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you are getting confused between geostationary orbit and legrange points.

Geostationary orbit is just the narrow band where you can have a stable orbit at the same speed as the earth's rotation (so it stays in the same place in the sky) no other gravitational bodies involved.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

you're absolutely right. I've edited my post to remove the Lagrange point logic and correct the value of geostationary orbits. Thank you :)