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how would gravity do this? orbital trajectories are in free fall... tidal effects are all that are left and they are huge, smooth gradients, not tiny highly va
by jheriko 11y ago
how would gravity do this?
orbital trajectories are in free fall... tidal effects are all that are left and they are huge, smooth gradients, not tiny highly variable things of the sort that could create surface features like this.
- gizmo686 11y agoTidal forces do serve as an energy source to drive other geological mechanisms, however they stated in the press conference that Charon is to small to do this, so we need to find another mechanism for how Pluto is still active.
- DanBC 11y agoWaves on a sea are caused by gravity so it's not a bizarre idea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_wave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_wave