Sentences with phrase «by tidal interactions»

The Milky Way galaxy, perturbed by the tidal interaction with a dwarf galaxy, as predicted by N - body simulations.

Figure 1: The Milky Way galaxy, perturbed by the tidal interaction with a dwarf galaxy, as predicted by N - body simulations.

While spirals can be triggered by the tidal interaction with the companion, the close proximity of the spirals to the shadows suggests that the shadows could also play a role.

Not exact matches

To begin with, they orbited close to the plane of the ecliptic in the same direction as the planets, but their orbits were deformed by the galaxy's tidal force and by interactions with nearby stars, gradually becoming more inclined and forming a more or less spherical reservoir,» Morais said.

Interactions between these different wave systems, and between the waves and the tidal current were found to add or reduce the wave height at the coast by up to 2m.

The study indicates the ages of stars in these tidal features are synchronized to each other, and that these systems were produced by recent tidal interactions between M81, M82 and NGC 3077.

These oceans were formed by tidal heating, that is, warming of the ice caused by friction between the surface ice and the core as a result of the gravitational interaction between the planet and the moon.

Abstract: The edge - on starburst galaxy M82 exhibits complicated distributions of gaseous materials in its halo, which include ionized superwinds driven by nuclear starbursts, neutral materials entrained by the superwinds, and large - scale neutral streamers probably caused by a past tidal interaction with M81.

Yes, that tidal, as in ocean tides here on Earth, produced by the gravitational interaction of the planet and its moon.

The Sagittarius Dwarf is believed to already have orbited the Milky Way about 10 times in the last billion years or so, and it still appears to have coherence as an elongated ellipse despite being torn apart by enormous tidal forces as a result of the interaction.

So what if all of the recognized periodic oscillations that comprise a whole laundry list of acronyms supposed to be primary, but unpredictable internal forcings of the natural variability, were but the secondary result of the interactions of the sun with the rest of the solar system, topped off with a local tidal focus created by the moon?

«But it does enhance our understanding of interactions between plate tectonics, Earth's climate system, its oceans, and even how the evolution of life is, at least to some extent, driven by this tidal process.»