English Explanatory Dictionary

synchronous rotation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The situation in which an astronomical body takes just as long to rotate around its own axis as it does to revolve around its partner.

Word forms

synchronous rotation synchronous rotations

Related words

tidal locking
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