Interplanetary Transport Network
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Not to be confused with InterPlanetary Network or Interplanetary Transport System.
The Interplanetary Transport Network (ITN)[1] is a collection of gravitationally determined pathways through the Solar System that require very little energy for an object to follow. The ITN makes particular use of Lagrange points as locations where trajectories through space can be redirected using little or no energy. These points have the peculiar property of allowing objects to orbit around them, despite lacking an object to orbit[further explanation needed]. While it would use little energy, transport along the network would take a long time.[2]