Tidal circularization

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 and less elliptical.

See also[]

• Tidal locking
• Tidal acceleration

References[]

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• William I. Hartkopf; Edward F. Guinan; Petr Harmanec (2007). Binary Stars as Critical Tools and Tests in Contemporary Astrophysics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-86348-3.
• Yi-Sui Sun; Sylvio Ferraz-Mello; Ji-Lin Zhou (2008). Exoplanets: Detection, Formation and Dynamics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-87471-7.
• SJ Peale (1999). Origin and evolution of the natural satellites. Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics.

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