Tidal circularization

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Tidal circularization is an effect of the tidal forces between an orbiting body, and the primary object that it orbits whereby the eccentricity of the orbit is reduced over time so that the orbit becomes less elliptical and more circular.

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References

    • Binary Stars as Critical Tools and Tests in Contemporary Astrophysics, William I. Hartkopf, Edward F. Guinan, Petr Harmanec, Cambridge University Press, 2007, ISBN 9780521863483
    • Exoplanets: Detection, Formation and Dynamics, Yi-Sui Sun, Sylvio Ferraz-Mello, Ji-Lin Zhou, Cambridge University Press, 2008, ISBN 9780521874717
    • Origin and evolution of the natural satellites, SJ Peale - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1999


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