MattusMaximus
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Forces equal. Both fields are present, and they add. The mass at a Lagrange point is resting on the top of a peak ,with slopes heading to both masses. I read somewhere that they aren't very stable. You shouldn't put a satellite directly on the Lagrange point. It is best to orbit the Lagrange point in some rather creative minimal energy orbits. The orbits are boggleminding.
Time Dilation from both masses is present at the Lagrange Point.
Yes, the force field vectors do add, and in the local frame of reference they effectively cancel each other out. Which is why Lagrange points are considered regions of stability. If the forces didn't cancel out, there would be no stability - that is basic physics (Newton's Laws).
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