Sentences with phrase «strong tidal effect»

A sizeable moon in retrograde orbit will, once captured, have a strong tidal effect on the primary (Neptune in this case) in such a way as to make the moon's orbit become both smaller and more nearly perpendicular to the primary's equator.

Hamers: «Gravity can cause strong tidal effects, just as the moon's gravity causes high and low tide on earth.

Not exact matches

Since a thinner ice shell retains less heat, the tidal effects caused by Saturn on the large fractures in the ice at the south pole are no longer enough to explain the strong heat flow affecting this region.

It is rather early to speculate, but maybe Pluto captured Charon only a few hundred million years ago (rather than billions), and we are seeing the effect of the very strong tidal interactions that would have ensued.

Since the tidal effect is strongest when the moon is closest to the primary, it also tends to make the orbit more circular.

The dwarf elliptical galaxy SagDEG in the direction of the Milky Way's center is stretched and distorted from the tidal effects of the Milky Way's strong gravity.

Such proximity introduces hazards that are of negligible importance for life on Earth: increased exposure to (time - varying) short wavelength radiation, stronger magnetic fields, tidal effects, and atmospheric removal by the stellar wind.

The preoccupation with focusing only on the visible surface of the earth, and disconnecting the strongest tidal and gravitational forces in the Earth / Moon system has lead to this misunderstanding of why the lunar tidal effects (when not considered) that produce the teleconnections seen in so many global circulation patterns leaves so many easy to answer questions.