Submitted by Thirdy-DOg t3_10fr5ai in space
PoppersOfCorn t1_j4yvmu3 wrote
Reply to comment by aspheric_cow in Are Two Tidally Locked Earth in One Solar System Possible? by Thirdy-DOg
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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