Editing Lagrange point (section)

==={{L2|nolink=yes}} point===
The {{L2|nolink=yes}} point lies on the line through the two large masses beyond the smaller of the two. Here, the combined gravitational forces of the two large masses balance the centrifugal force on a body at {{L2|nolink=yes}}. On the opposite side of Earth from the Sun, the orbital period of an object would normally be greater than Earth's. The extra pull of Earth's gravity decreases the object's orbital period, and at the {{L2|nolink=yes}} point, that orbital period becomes equal to Earth's. Like L<sub>1</sub>, L<sub>2</sub> is about 1.5&nbsp;million kilometers or 0.01 [[Astronomical unit|au]] from Earth (away from the sun). An example of a spacecraft designed to operate near the Earth–Sun L<sub>2</sub> is the [[James Webb Space Telescope]].<ref name="stsci.edu">{{cite web |url=http://www.stsci.edu/jwst/overview/design/orbit|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20140203174537/http://www.stsci.edu/jwst/overview/design/orbit|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2014 |title=L2 Orbit|publisher=Space Telescope Science Institute|access-date=28 August 2016}}</ref> Earlier examples include the [[Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe]] and its successor, ''[[Planck (spacecraft)|Planck]]''.