gravitationally
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Instead, it appears to be gravitationally bound to a second object that orbits the star far from its center.
From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2026
The two are gravitationally bound companions destined to unleash a fiery blast into the cosmos.
From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2024
According to Mathur and Katherine Brown, additional objects should be drawn in gravitationally, so they are also hoping that Rubin identifies more eTNOs in extreme orbits.
From Scientific American • Oct. 25, 2023
Certain asteroids, like Ryugu and Bennu, are rubble piles, essentially a strange space conglomerate—a type of sedimentary rock—where boulders and particulates are held gravitationally, says planetary scientist Bethany Ehlmann of Caltech.
From National Geographic • Oct. 12, 2023
Later, the stars wander out of their nursery to seek their fortunes in the Milky Way, stellar adolescents still surrounded by tuffs of glowing nebulosity, residues still gravitationally attached of their amniotic gas.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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