Sentences with phrase «core tidal bulges»

While these tiny moons do not affect the tidal forces on Saturn, their orbits are disturbed by Saturn's core tidal bulges.

Not exact matches

While Saturn is mostly a gigantic shroud of liquid hydrogen and liquid helium, it contains a rocky core — about 18 times the size of Earth, which responds to tidal forces from all of Saturn's major moons by bulging.
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