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Resonances: Properly timed gravitational “pushes”
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Like someone pushing kid on a swing
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Timing of pushes just as important as force used
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Pushing at random times has little effect
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Pushing at just right point in each cycle can produce big effect
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Resonances are same sort of effect
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If orbital periods have ratio 1:2, moons pass
each other in same place
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each orbit, so gravity of one on other badly
disturbs orbit
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Io : Europa orbital periods
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1.7 days
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1
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