gravitational stability
71Orbital resonance — For the science fiction novel by John Barnes, see Orbital Resonance (novel). In celestial mechanics, an orbital resonance occurs when two orbiting bodies exert a regular, periodic gravitational influence on each other, usually due to their… …
72J. Robert Oppenheimer — J. Robert Oppenheimer, c. 1944 Born …
73Accretion disc — An accretion disc (or accretion disk) is a structure (often a circumstellar disk) formed by diffuse material in orbital motion around a central body. The central body is typically either a young star, a protostar, a white dwarf, a neutron star,… …
74Gravimetry — For the chemical analysis technique, see Gravimetric analysis. Gravity anomalies covering the Southern Ocean are shown here in false color relief. Amplitudes range between 30 mGal (magenta) to +30 mGal (red). This image has been… …
75Nuclear binding energy — is the energy required to split a nucleus of an atom into its component parts. The component parts are neutrons and protons, which are collectively called nucleons. If the binding energy for the products is higher when light nuclei fuse, or when… …
76Pendulum — This article is about pendulums. For other uses, see Pendulum (disambiguation). Simple gravity pendulum model assumes no friction or air resistance …
77Hill sphere — A Hill sphere is, roughly, the volume around an astronomical body (such as a planet) where it dominates in attraction of satellites to that body, rather than to a larger body (such as a star) which it orbits. Thus, for a planet to retain a moon,… …
78Kepler problem in general relativity — The Kepler problem in general relativity involves solving for the motion of two spherical bodies interacting with one another by gravitation, as described by the theory of general relativity.Typically, and in this article, one body is assumed to… …
79telescope — /tel euh skohp /, n., adj., v., telescoped, telescoping. n. 1. an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens… …
80Methods of detecting extrasolar planets — Any planet is an extremely faint light source compared to its parent star. In addition to the intrinsic difficulty of detecting such a faint light source, the light from the parent star causes a glare that washes it out. For those reasons, only a …
