Sentences with phrase «by tidal forces»

The lines are the first stages of structural failure caused by tidal forces between the moon and its parent planet.

If it was just being heated by tidal forces within the ice, the ocean would freeze over in less than 30 million years.

The warmth generated by these tidal forces is probably what allows the moon to sustain water in a liquid state — lots of it.

The white dots show stars that once belonged to the dwarf galaxy but have now been ripped off by tidal forces into a long stream of stars.

This dramatic difference is probably caused by tidal forces.

The Moon is no exception; we can learn about the interior of our natural satellite from its deformation caused by the tidal force of Earth.

Mars could gain a ring in 10 - 20 million years when its moon Phobos is torn to shreds by tidal forces due to Mars» gravitational pull.

The Roche limit defines how close a planet can be to its host star before being torn apart by tidal forces.

Development of the new technique to detect planet warped by tidal forces from their local star was detailed in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

How much a celestial body can be deformed by tidal force, in this way, depends on its internal structure, and especially on the hardness of its interior.

When it's closer, the shape is distorted by the tidal forces of Saturn.

The grooves on the surface of Mars» moon Phobos are caused by tidal forces with the planet that are slowly leading to the moon's destruction (Credit: NASA / JPL - Caltech / University of Arizona)

The heat was likely being generated in part by tidal forces as Saturn's gravity kneads its icy moon.

A striking image presented here 3 June at the meeting of the American Astronomical Society shows a globular cluster known as Palomar 5 being torn asunder by tidal forces of our home galaxy.

Another, less enticing possibility is that the holes are crevices opened by tidal forces or by impacts that caused the entire moon to flex.

They both have fractures visible near their right - hand edges, which could be a remnant of a time when the surface became broken, perhaps by tidal forces.

The moon Europa is a good example of a body far from the habitable zone made habitable by its tidal forces.

This hot slush is created by tidal forces from the mammoth gravity of Jupiter, which slowly knead the moon as it moves in its orbit, generating enormous amounts of heat as rock crystals rub against each other.

The eccentricity (or oval shaped) orbits of these moons means that they are pumped by tidal forces as they travel around the planet.

Its highly elliptical orbit is fairly stable, as S2 would have to come 70 times closer to the hole (16 light - minutes) to be at risk of being destroyed by tidal forces from the hole's gravity.

Another thing to note is the Earth's core is also influenced by these tidal forces.

Any planet in such a star's habitable zone is close enough to be tidally locked into a perpetually blazing dayside and frigid eternal nightside or, worse, shredded by tidal forces.

But now, the model says, Mars's moon Phobos is on a gravity - driven, 70 - million - year course back towards the planet, a path that will cause it to be ripped apart by tidal forces and spun out into a new set of rings.

Precise measurements of the lunar gravity and rotation enable us to know how our natural satellite is deformed by tidal forces.

When two galaxies collide or merge, they become warped and distorted by tidal forces, and gas clouds — or even complete stars — can be funneled into the core.

«Wading birds are a cog in the wheel that is the intertidal ecosystem, and the intertidal ecosystem is driven by tidal forces — everything depends on tides,» says Calle.

The grooves on the surface of Mars» moon Phobos are caused by tidal forces with the planet that are slowly leading to the moon's destruction

In particular, the present research considered the following two previous analysis results in order to theoretically calculate the lunar deformation caused by the tidal force.

Played by Jason Clarke in a riveting performance that should be remembered during the next awards cycle, Kennedy is portrayed as someone torn by tidal forces of pride, shame, entitlement and weakness.

During the last several years, the degree of the lunar deformation caused by the tidal forces has been determined by several orbiters, for example, Kaguya from Japan, Chang «e-1 from China, and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) from the USA.

This slight change of direction also depends on the deformation caused by the tidal force.

This spot is believed to be the nucleus of the former spiral galaxy, which was ejected from the system during the collision and is now being shredded by tidal forces to produce the visible stellar stream.

Heat from the friction of rocks caused by tidal forces could be the «engine» for the hydrothermal activity on Saturn's moon Enceladus.

These pretty plumes are caused by tidal forces.

However, in rare instances, two of these objects orbit each other so closely ---- orbiting every few minutes ---- so that the helium from the lighter of the two gets pulled off by tidal forces and accumulates on the more massive white dwarf.

Saxena and his colleagues wanted to look at another potential form of heating, caused by tidal forces.

As you might expect, many swarms, trying to spiral out beyond Neptune, were (1) perturbed by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, (2) pulled apart by tidal forces, and (3) given gravity boosts.189 These bodies, called centaurs (after the mythical man / horse creatures) resemble both asteroids and comets.