Sentences with phrase «shreds by tidal forces»
Mars could gain a ring in 10 - 20 million years when its moon Phobos is torn to shreds by tidal forces due to Mars» gravitational pull.
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Any planet in such a star's habitable zone is close enough to be tidally locked into a perpetually blazing dayside and frigid eternal nightside or, worse, shredded by tidal forces.
This spot is believed to be the nucleus of the former spiral galaxy, which was ejected from the system during the collision and is now being shredded by tidal forces to produce the visible stellar stream.
Not exact matches
The Galactic Cushion The Hubble Space Telescope recently beamed back pictures of 29 dwarf galaxies in the Perseus Cluster that, by all appearances, should have been torn to shreds by the gravitational tidal forces of their giant neighbors.
The outskirts of our Galaxy contain various stellar streams that are believed to be the remnants of dwarf galaxies that were torn to shreds by the strong tidal force of the Milky Way.»
These massive worlds would exert a herculean tidal force on any small objects in their vicinity, and many would be ripped to shreds — like Comet Shoemaker - Levy 9 that was pulled apart by Jupiter's gravity and then spectacularly impacted the planet in 1994.