
What is tidal locking?
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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The Physics of Title Locking
Title locking is when a lower mass body is orbiting a much higher mass body and the same side always faces it. The word title makes some people think of tides, which is connected, of course, to title forces. But that's not what we mean by title locking. Title locking is actually a different phenomenon we're going to dig into today.
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