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What is tidal locking?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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Mercury Tidally Locked

The sun is the most powerful source of gravity in the solar system. And it has Mercury tidally locked in its grasp. It's not quite the same way as with the Earth and the moon because Mercury doesn't have as circular an orbit. But still it settles into this really cool pattern, this three-two tidal locking.

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