tidal locking

See also: tidal lock

English

Noun

tidal locking (uncountable)

(astronomy) The locking of the rotation of a satellite (moon or planet) to its orbit, such that one side always faces the body around which it is orbiting.

Derived terms

tidally locked

Translations

Translations

Arabic: حَرَكَة تَزَامُنِيَّة‎ (ḥaraka tazāmuniyya)
French: rotation synchrone
German: gebundene Rotation f
Italian: rotazione sincrona
Norwegian: bundet rotasjon m

Portuguese: rotação sincronizada, rotação síncrona
Spanish: rotación sincrónica, acoplamiento de marea
Swedish: bunden rotation c
Turkish: eşzamanlı dönüş

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