
What is tidal locking?
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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The Dilemma of the Sun and the Moon
We don't think there's been enough time for it to be like almost tidally locked by the sun. It takes a much longer time because Venus is so far away from the sun and so small relative to the sun. Another really fascinating thing to look at are things that have similar masses like dwarf planets and their moons. Pluto no longer planet, but it's still a dwarf planet. And these two things are mutually tidally locked already.
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