gravitationally
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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
Robertson explained that when planets are orbiting close to one another, they can pull on each other gravitationally.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2024
What they become after they collapse is the cause of much speculation, but it is believed that they could become black holes -- objects so gravitationally attractive that even light cannot escape them.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 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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