gravitationally
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"If the orbital speed of the binaries is less than the kick speed, the wide binaries will become gravitationally unbound," Fuller explains.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
The two are gravitationally bound companions destined to unleash a fiery blast into the cosmos.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
Robertson explained that when planets are orbiting close to one another, they can pull on each other gravitationally.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2024
Some of the dust cloud still gravitationally clings to that core, but the rest swept out in its orbit of ASASSN-21qj until, years later, it extensively eclipsed the star as seen from Earth.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 25, 2023
When they become sizable, they also gravitationally attract gas, mainly hydrogen, in the cloud.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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