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    Tidal acceleration is an effect of the tidal forces between an orbiting natural satellite (e.g. the Moon) and the primary planet that it orbits (e.g. Earth)...
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    extent, the Sun. Tidal forces are also responsible for tidal locking, tidal acceleration, and tidal heating. Tides may also induce seismicity. By generating...
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    equal to that body's average rotational period Tidal acceleration – Natural phenomenon due to which tidal locking occurs Rotation around a fixed axis –...
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    Tide (redirect from Tidal flow)
    the lunar tidal acceleration (along the Moon–Earth axis, at the Earth's surface) is about 1.1×10−7 g, while the solar tidal acceleration (along the Sun–Earth...
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  • relativity, the tidal tensor represents tidal accelerations of a cloud of (electrically neutral, nonspinning) test particles, tidal stresses in a small...
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    Moon (section Tidal effects)
    of the other, eclipses were more frequent, and tidal effects were stronger. Due to tidal acceleration, the Moon's orbit around Earth has become significantly...
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    Neumann; David E. Smith; Maria T. Zuber (2005). "Improved estimate of tidal dissipation within Mars from MOLA observations of the shadow of Phobos"...
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  • interior. The tidally dissipated power in a nonsynchronised rotator is given by a more complex expression. Cryovolcano Tidal acceleration Tidal locking Io...
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    creating the ridge system, before escaping Iapetus' gravity via tidal acceleration. The ridge and the bulge could be the result of ancient convective...
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  • amount per year that the length of the day lengthens, largely due to tidal acceleration. 20.8 microseconds – sampling interval for digital audio with 48,000...
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  • the orbital parameters. For the Moon, the main secular factor is tidal acceleration: The magnitude of that effect has become better known after the initial...
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  • presence of a tidal gravitational force will cause the trajectories to bend towards or away from each other, producing a relative acceleration between the...
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    The gravity of Earth, denoted by g, is the net acceleration that is imparted to objects due to the combined effect of gravitation (from mass distribution...
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    eclipses on the Moon Eclipse cycle Supermoon Tide Tidal force Tidal locking Tidal acceleration Tidal range Lunar station Surface and features Selenography...
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    particles, free-falling in the gravitational field of the Earth, exhibit tidal accelerations due to local inhomogeneities in the gravitational field such that...
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    Society in 1866. The unexplained drift is now known to be due to tidal acceleration. In 1858 Adams became professor of mathematics at the University of...
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  • slowing down, which makes each day slightly longer over time (see tidal acceleration and leap second) while the year maintains a more uniform duration...
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    Moon with these maria that make up the man is always facing Earth due to a tidal locking, or synchronous orbit. Thought to have occurred because of the gravitational...
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    particles, free-falling in the gravitational field of the Earth, exhibit tidal accelerations due to local inhomogeneities in the gravitational field such that...
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  • tidal acceleration experienced by small clouds of test particles (with spin or not), test particles with spin may experience additional accelerations...
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    eclipses on the Moon Eclipse cycle Supermoon Tide Tidal force Tidal locking Tidal acceleration Tidal range Lunar station Surface and features Selenography...
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  • during the course of an orbit. Tidal locking Tidal acceleration Zahn, Jean-Paul (30 July 2008). "Tidal dissipation in binary systems". Eas Publications...
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    "free fall", as do astronauts in orbit (astronauts experience small tidal accelerations called microgravity, which are neglected for the sake of discussion...
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    millions of years, Earth's rotation has been slowed significantly by tidal acceleration through gravitational interactions with the Moon. Thus angular momentum...
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    (moon of Saturn). Tidal energy including tidal acceleration can have effects on both the primary and satellites. The Moon's tidal forces deform the Earth...
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    orbit can also decay by negative tidal acceleration when the orbiting body is large enough to raise a significant tidal bulge on the body it is orbiting...
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    have been dubbed Amasia, Novopangaea, and Pangaea Proxima. 2–3 gal Tidal acceleration moves the Moon far enough from Earth that total solar eclipses are...
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    thermal energy from tidal heating, which occurs through the tidal friction and tidal flexing processes caused by tidal acceleration: orbital and rotational...
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    pair around their mutual centre of mass, called the barycentre. See tidal acceleration for a more detailed description. This slightly greater orbital angular...
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    determination of lunar orbital parameters, precession constant and tidal acceleration from LLR measurements". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 387 (2): 700–709...
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