orbital resonance

collocation in English

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orbital
adjective
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/ˈɔː.bɪ.təl/us
/ˈɔːr.bɪ.t̬əl/
relating to the orbit (= curved path) of an object ...
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resonance
noun
uk
/ˈrez.ən.əns/us
/ˈrez.ən.əns/
the quality of being loud ...
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The gravitational pull that each planet has on the other, known asorbitalresonance, keeps the planets in a stable orbit.
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Asteroids that have a 1:1orbitalresonancewith a planet are also called co-orbital objects, because they follow the orbit of the planet.
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This is more commonly known asorbitalresonance.
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The inner gas giants d and b are located close to the 2:1orbitalresonancewhich causes them to undergo strong interactions.
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Commensurabilities are believed to result in most cases fromorbitalresonanceeffects, rather than being due to coincidence.
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The planet is located in a 5:1orbitalresonancewith the inner companion.
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Such orbital configuration is relatively stable due toorbitalresonancebetween planets and small hill spheres of planets due to proximity of the star.
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It is in a 1:2orbitalresonancewith the outermost known planet, taking 30.340 days to orbit the star.
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Another similar configuration is known asorbitalresonance, in which orbiting bodies tend to have periods of a simple integer ratio, due to their interaction.
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This planet forms 2:1orbitalresonancewith the planet b.
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The two planets are close to a 7:6orbitalresonance.
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With orbital periods of 228 and 342 days, the planets have a 3:2orbitalresonance, which helps stabilise the system.
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The name refers only to theorbitalresonanceand does not imply common physical characteristics.
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Such a system of planets, if it exists, would be close to a 1:3:7orbitalresonance.
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Those two planets are in a 4:1orbitalresonance.
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However, it is useful in generating corrections of astronomical models, and to prove long-term stability and the avoidance oforbitalresonancein solar system.
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The bar is thought to act as a mechanism that channels gas inwards from the spiral arms throughorbitalresonance, in effect funneling the flow to create new stars.
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The moons may have been caught in and then escaped fromorbitalresonanceseveral times; they currently are in or at least close to an 8:3 resonance.
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Kepler-9c and b are notable in that the planets share a pattern oforbitalresonance, in which the orbit of each planet stabilizes the orbit of the other.
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Moons in the extensive satellite systems of gas giants often become trapped in orbital resonances that lead to forced libration or orbital eccentricity.
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