Sentences with phrase «as orbital resonance»
Neighboring planets often end up in a stable, gravitational relationship known as orbital resonance.
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Holman says the changes in the transit times of these planets were enhanced by the fact that one of the planets orbits the star in almost exactly half of the time that it takes the other, as such «orbital resonances» increase their gravitational interaction.
Planets with such orbits are also more likely to have greater orbital eccentricity which if not too large can in turn can contribute to non synchronous rotation such as 3:2 or even 2; 1 resonances, as seen in Mercury with an orbital eccentricity of 0.2.
Due to its gravitational influence, the moon picks up particles and deflects them from their original orbits through orbital resonance, causing the gaps in the ring system by effectively herding the particles as if they were sheep.