Sentences with phrase «orbital energy»

The stretching of space would have given stars the large orbital energy and angular momentum we see.
Eventually, this causes celestial bodies to lose orbital energy, and they will have shorter orbital periods of only a few days.»
We have a three - step process: LightSail - 1 will prove solar sailing, LightSail - 2 should be able to use the sail to increase orbital energy, getting away from Earth into higher orbit to do scientific measurements.
The black holes in each of these binaries will, over eons, emit gravitational radiation, lose orbital energy and spiral inward, ultimately merging into a larger black hole like the event LIGO observed.
The spiralling in of such a closely orbiting planet is to be expected, as gravitational tugs between the two bodies will boost the star's spin rate at the expense of the planet's orbital energy.
With each revolution, according to Einstein's equations, the waves will carry away a tiny fraction of their orbital energy.
Viscous processes in the disk convert the orbital energy of the gas into heat, and when sufficiently high temperatures are attained large amounts of X rays are emitted.
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