Sentences with phrase «large nearby moons»
Enceladus and Europa are tidally squeezed by the gravitational forces of their giant planets and in some cases by large nearby moons.
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After reading up on the nebular hypothesis and figuring in the chaotic nature back then, I'm surprised that apparently no one has ever proposed that a planetary - sized object passed nearby a larger proto - Earth, causing a Moon - sized glob to get pulled off.