Sentences with phrase «remain in a stable orbit»

For example, William Paley, already in 1802, in his treatise Natural Theology, pointed out that if the law of gravity had not been a so «called «inverse square law» then the earth and the other planets would not be able to remain in stable orbits around the sun.

While Hamers thinks that the earth will then remain in a stable orbit, this is really only small consolation: around the same time, the sun will grow into a «red giant» and completely engulf the earth.

They eliminated those with orbital radii less than one tenth that of Earth's, because at that distance moon systems might not remain in stable orbits around their planets on billion - year timescales.

They remain in stable orbits either leading or following the planet in its own orbit, 60 degrees before or after the planet.

Not exact matches

O'Shaughnessy and his colleagues predict that massive black holes like these spin in a stable way, with orbits that remain in the same plane.

This special orbit will remain stable for decades, keeping TESS's sensitive cameras in a very stable temperature range.