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aspheric_cow t1_j4yr0ib wrote

Reply to comment by PoppersOfCorn in Are Two Tidally Locked Earth in One Solar System Possible? by Thirdy-DOg

I don't get it. How exactly does the inverse square law tie into this specific case?

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PoppersOfCorn t1_j4yvmu3 wrote

The inverse square law proposed by Newton suggests that the force of gravity acting between any two objects is inversely proportional to the square of the separation distance between the object's centers.

So it is not as simple as the moon is tidally locked to earth, so, therefore, two earth sized planet could be tidally locked

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