Sentences with phrase «tidal forces due»

Thomas and colleagues suggest a few ideas for future study that might help resolve the question, including the surprising possibility that tidal forces due to Saturn's gravity could be generating much more heat within Enceladus than previously thought.

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.

Not exact matches

Tidal forces, due to the intense gravity from the black hole, can destroy an object — such as a star — that wanders too close.

It can be seen, therefore, how the Moon deforms due to the tidal force once the change in the axis is measured precisely.

These forces occur on Earth in glacial ice as it flows due to gravity, and in space as icy satellite bodies, such as the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, respond to tidal forces from their parent bodies.

On Titan, the largest features may be made by changes in the thickness of its ice shell due to tidal forces from Saturn.

The core is heated because the moon is always flexing due to tidal forces created by Saturn's gravity.

Emphasis on «soft engineering» For instance, the task force suggests adding specific text to the state's Tidal Wetlands Act stating: «It is declared to be the public policy of the state to preserve and protect tidal wetlands and to prevent their despoliation and destruction, giving due consideration to the occurrence of sea level rise that will result in wetlands loss and migration, and to the reasonable economic and social development of the state.&rTidal Wetlands Act stating: «It is declared to be the public policy of the state to preserve and protect tidal wetlands and to prevent their despoliation and destruction, giving due consideration to the occurrence of sea level rise that will result in wetlands loss and migration, and to the reasonable economic and social development of the state.&rtidal wetlands and to prevent their despoliation and destruction, giving due consideration to the occurrence of sea level rise that will result in wetlands loss and migration, and to the reasonable economic and social development of the state.»

Our models predict that, due to tidal forces, the semi-major axis of KELT - 22Ab is decreasing rapidly, and is thus predicted to spiral into the star within the next Gyr.

That's because there is another energy source that did not get its proper due — tidal forces from the intense gravitational pull of Jupiter.

As they drift along their orbits, some of their members escape the cluster, due to velocity changes in mutual closer encounters, tidal forces in the galactic gravitational field, and encounters with field stars and interstellar clouds crossing their way.

NOAA predicts a significant increase in the number of tidal flooding events all up and down the East Coast due to a combination of El Nino and impacts related to human - forced climate change.

(Rising ocean levels due to human - forced climate change is resulting in worsening instances of tidal flooding at times of high tide.

But, gravity permeates to the inside and makes it move in the same way as the outside, so there is no relative change between the inside and the outside except for the extent to which they are accelerated or decelerated differently due to the gravity gradient and its induced tidal forces.

Those constituents are being acted upon by the same gravitational «force» acting on the cell, and the work they do is going to cancel any change in overall energy due to gravitation other than that due to the tidal forces.

Could this be a sub-surface standing wave (tide) reaching higher than usual magnitude due to alignment of tidal forces?

The tidal forces are tiny yet the odds of this being due to chance are fantastic.