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Naming Elements and Lagrange Points

The chapter discusses the names of elements named after women in science and explores the concept of Lagrange points. They debate the names of the elements miternium and ruthenium and explain the concept of Lagrange points in a two-body system. They also mention the discrepancy in the number of Lagrange points and discuss placing the James Webb Space Telescope at a Lagrange point.

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