wiki wrote:Mercury is tidally or gravitationally locked with the Sun in a 3:2 resonance
Matt_82 wrote:
acemuzzy wrote:wiki wrote:Mercury is tidally or gravitationally locked with the Sun in a 3:2 resonance
cockbeard wrote:Ok that means that it orbits 3 times and spins twice, I think, could be the other way around. Given the eccentric orbit it still means that from a single point on the sun you only get to see one part of Mercury
SpaceGazelle wrote:Why? If it's not 1:1? And why 3:2? Is that an approximation? Oh it's just clicked. You see more than half but always the same bit. Damn that ratio though.cockbeard wrote:Ok that means that it orbits 3 times and spins twice, I think, could be the other way around. Given the eccentric orbit it still means that from a single point on the sun you only get to see one part of Mercury
Epic.Numerical simulations show that a future secular orbital resonant perihelion interaction with Jupiter may cause the eccentricity of Mercury's orbit to increase to the point where there is a 1% chance that the planet may collide with Venus within the next five billion years.[95][96]
superflyninja wrote:Isn't there talk of building a radio telescope of the dark side of the moon?
SpaceGazelle wrote:It would be handy to eliminate noise pollution but I'm not sure that payoff would justify the cost.superflyninja wrote:Isn't there talk of building a radio telescope of the dark side of the moon?
SpaceGazelle wrote:It would be handy to eliminate noise pollution but I'm not sure that payoff would justify the cost.superflyninja wrote:Isn't there talk of building a radio telescope of the dark side of the moon?
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