Tidal shock
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tidal-shock-298-16367845
title:
Tidal shock
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A tidal shock occurs when a star cluster or other distributed astronomical object passes by a large mass
such as an interstellar cloud, resulting in gravitational perturbation on a time scale that is much less than the mean time for a star to complete an orbit within the cluster. The tidal force from this event can increase the dynamic energy of the cluster, in effect heating it up. This causes the cluster to expand and shed some of the outer stars. Tidal shocks occur, for example, when a globul
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Astronomical phenomenon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_shock
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2024-03-27T22:49:38Z
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