gravitationally
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Because they are gravitationally linked, any change to one of them can influence the motion of the other.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 9, 2026
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
And then the third condition was—and this is the one designed to eliminate bodies like Pluto—it has to gravitationally dominate its orbit in order to clear the neighborhood of its own orbit from other bodies.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 16, 2024
We approach the planets of our system, largish worlds, captives of the Sun, gravitationally constrained to follow nearly circular orbits, heated mainly by sunlight.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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