cool! thanks for the info
riderroni 1 year ago
wow. Thats cool, I wonder why it does that.....I'm doing a report on Mercury, and that was neat to see!
@riderroni Mercury got spun down as a result of tidal drag, and as it did so, its eccentric orbit made it get trapped in this rotational state.
I've even discovered some simulations of Mercury's spin-down that indicate that this is a probable end state.
lpetrich 1 year ago
@riderroni Here's one:
Mercury's capture into the 3/2 spin-orbit resonance as a result of its chaotic dynamics
Alexandre C. M. Correia & Jacques Laskar
Nature 429, 848-850 (24 June 2004) | doi:10.1038/nature02609
Nature magazine is a professional journal and YouTube doesn't like anyone posting links, so I've posted enough info so that one can search for it.
Looks like a double ass. lol XD
EnigmaticMumeiJosei 2 years ago
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cool! thanks for the info
riderroni 1 year ago
wow. Thats cool, I wonder why it does that.....I'm doing a report on Mercury, and that was neat to see!
riderroni 1 year ago
@riderroni Mercury got spun down as a result of tidal drag, and as it did so, its eccentric orbit made it get trapped in this rotational state.
I've even discovered some simulations of Mercury's spin-down that indicate that this is a probable end state.
lpetrich 1 year ago
@riderroni Here's one:
Mercury's capture into the 3/2 spin-orbit resonance as a result of its chaotic dynamics
Alexandre C. M. Correia & Jacques Laskar
Nature 429, 848-850 (24 June 2004) | doi:10.1038/nature02609
Nature magazine is a professional journal and YouTube doesn't like anyone posting links, so I've posted enough info so that one can search for it.
lpetrich 1 year ago
Looks like a double ass. lol XD
EnigmaticMumeiJosei 2 years ago