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Phrases with «orbital resonance»

Orbital resonance is when two or more objects in space, like planets or moons, have their orbits influenced by each other in a regular and predictable way. It happens when their gravitational forces interact, causing them to line up or synchronize their orbits over time. Full definition

Sentences with «orbital resonance»

  • The authors also note that the long orbital timescales in this region of the outer solar system may allow formally unstable orbits to persist for very long times, possibly even to the age of the solar system, without the help of orbital resonances. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In partnership with Fathi Namouni at the Côte d'Azur Observatory in France, Morais developed a general theory on retrograde co-orbitals and retrograde orbital resonance. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Neighboring planets often end up in a stable, gravitational relationship known as orbital resonance. (sciencemag.org)
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