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Description: Get Surfshark VPN at surfshark.deals/asylum - Enter promo code ASYLUM for 83% off and 3 extra months for FREE! Tidal locking is when the rotation of a planet or moon is equal to its orbital period. It's actually quite common in our solar system and likely elsewhere. How does that actually happen though? 00:00 Cold Open 00:49 Resonance 03:24 Tidal Bulges 06:05 The Factors 09:14 Sponsor Segment 10:19 Outro 10:42 Featured Comment Nick Lucid - Host/Writer/Editor/Animator Sean Reese - Researcher ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS Earth Surface Scale: youtu.be/jffQVdJdoKQ Life Cycle of the Sun: youtu.be/GltTRdM1RW4 ________________________________ RELATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS MinutePhysics on Tidal Locking: youtu.be/6jUpX7J7ySo ________________________________ SUPPORT THE SCIENCE ASYLUM Patreon: patreon.com/ScienceAsylum YouTube Membership: youtube.com/channel/UCXgNowiGxwwnLeQ7DXTwXPg/join Advanced Theoretical Physics (Paperback): lulu.com/shop/nick-lucid/advanced-theoretical-physics-a-historical-perspective/paperback/product-24250687.html Advanced Theoretical Physics (eBook): gumroad.com/l/ubSc Merchandise: shop.spreadshirt.com/scienceasylum ________________________________ HUGE THANK YOU TO THESE SUPPORTERS Asylum Counselors: Matthew O'Connor, Nikolaos Vasiloglou II Asylum Orderlies: Dhruv Singhal, Fabio Manzini, Medec Hurtz Einsteinium Crazies: Bosphorus, Eoin O'Sullivan, Ilya Yashin, Jonathan Lima, Joseph Salomone, OnlineBookClub, Sean K, Wacky, Blank NA, Flying Monkey, Christopher Schiele Plutonium Crazies: Al Davis, Compuart, Ellis Hall, Kevin MacLean, Madhu Subbu, Rick Myers, Vid Icarus Platinum Crazies: André Weyermann, Benjamin Dixon, Benjamin Reynolds, Clayton Bruckert, David Johnston, James Coley, Jon Adams, Jonas Wepeel, Jonathan Reel, Kyle Bowles, Marino Hernandez, Mikayla Eckel Cifrese, Mr. Orn Jonasar, Olga Cooperman, Patrick Mathieson, Stephen Blinn, Stephen Gailey, Tom Hawking, Don Wilshe ________________________________ OTHER SOURCES General Info: pas.rochester.edu/~blackman/ast104/tidal.html haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/essays/1995-11-the-tidal-force.php phys.org/news/2013-10-explanation-rotational-state-mercury.html nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/news/mro-20080409.html eso.org/public/outreach/eduoff/vt-2004/Background/Infol2/EIS-A3.html solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/saturn-moons/in-depth solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/pluto-moons/charon/in-depth nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/earthfact.html nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/moonfact.html Deeper Reading: sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103596901177 aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2011/04/aa15809-10/aa15809-10.html link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10569-017-9783-7 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspa.1909.0008 "Mercury" by T.J. Mahoney books.google.com/books?id=iC65BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA44 "Physics and Chemistry of the Solar System" by John Lewis books.google.com/books?id=35uwarLgVLsC&pg=PA242 "Solar System Dynamics" by Carl D. Murray, Stanley F. Dermott books.google.com/books?id=aU6vcy5L8GAC&pg=PA184 ________________________________ LINKS TO COMMENTS youtube.com/watch?v=zYRx6Zub3cA&lc=UgwNZH0FkuC_U0HvyqZ4AaABAg youtube.com/watch?v=zYRx6Zub3cA&lc=UgxcqK50FO126H6CAup4AaABAg youtube.com/watch?v=zYRx6Zub3cA&lc=UgzVEgFii8-rWCWi3oF4AaABAg youtube.com/watch?v=zYRx6Zub3cA&lc=UgyHLhrH-wv2bkjBDLh4AaABAg ________________________________ IMAGE CREDITS Moon Phases: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4874 Tide Animations: moon.nasa.gov/moon-in-motion/tides Mars's Moons: mars.nasa.gov/resources/6141/martian-moon-deimos-in-high-resolution mars.nasa.gov/resources/6989/mars-moon-phobos Jupiter's Moons: photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00583 photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19048 photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00716 solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/217/capturing-callisto/?category=moons/jupiter-moons_callisto Saturn's Moons: photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21624 solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/saturn-moons/rhea/in-depth solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/saturn-moons/iapetus/in-depth Pluto and Charon: nasa.gov/feature/pluto-and-charon-new-horizons-dynamic-duo Trappist-1: nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/PIA21751/trappist-1-system-artist-concept