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VERROUILLAGE GRAVITATIONNEL [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
DEF

A circumstance in which one body in orbit around another, such as the moon of a planet, rotates on its axis in the same time as it takes to complete one orbit.

OBS

As a result, the orbiting body keeps one face permanently turned towards the body about which it is orbiting. An example is the rotation of our own Moon, which arises because of the tidal effects of the Earth over a long period of time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
DEF

Rapport fixe qui existe entre la période de rotation d'un corps céleste et sa période de révolution, par suite de la déformation de ce corps céleste, elle-même due à l'attraction du corps autour duquel il gravite.

OBS

verrouillage gravitationnel : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 6 juin 2014.

Spanish

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