Synchronous Rotation

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4473.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4473. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Solar System Models And Concepts

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The rotation on its axis of a celestial object in the same time as it takes to orbit another object, also called captured rotation. In other words, the orbiting body's rotation and revolution periods are identical. Synchronous rotation results from tidal forces between the two bodies. Most of the major satellites in the solar system, the Moon included, have synchronous rotation and always keep t...

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