Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists are studying Saturn’s moon Titan to assess its tidal dissipation rate, the energy lost as it orbits the ringed planet with its massive gravitational force. […]
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The Length Of A Day On Earth And Its Impact On The Evolution Of Life
The Earth’s rotation has been decelerating throughout its history due to tidal dissipation, but the variation of the rate of this deceleration through time has not been established. We present […]
Posted inExoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Status Report, TRAPPIST-1
Tidal Migration Of Exoplanets Around M-dwarfs: Frequency-dependent Tidal Dissipation
The orbital architectures of short-period exoplanet systems are shaped by tidal dissipation in their host stars.