{"version":"1.0","type":"link","title":"Tidal locking - Newikis","description":"Tidal locking between a pair of co-orbiting astronomical bodies occurs when one of the bodies reaches a state where there is no longer any net change in its rotation rate over the course of a complete orbit. In the case where a tidally locked object possesses synchronous rotation, the object takes…","provider_name":"Newikis","provider_url":"https://newikis.com","cache_age":86400,"thumbnail_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Tidal_locking_of_the_Moon_with_the_Earth.gif","thumbnail_width":565,"thumbnail_height":280}