Sentences with phrase «expected tidal forces»
Once they determined when and how they expected tidal forces to tear Phobos apart, Mittal modeled the evolution of the ring, adapting techniques developed to understand Saturn's rings.
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The great tidal forces in this region of very strong gravity were expected to tear the cloud apart and disperse it along its orbit.
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.
IF tidal forces are the driver, we'd expect the eruptions to be at the time of maximal flexion, which is the time of the maximal tidal forces.