corotation
- noun
- /ˌkɔːrəˈteɪʃən/
- Specialized
- The satellite achieved corotation with the planet, matching its orbital speed perfectly.
- corotation speed
Examples
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The troughs in the curves indicate the torus rotation speed, which is visibly slower than the corotation speed indicated by the horizontal line.
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When an atom near Io is ionized by a collision with a faster particle, it must be immediately accelerated from the Keplerian speed of about 17 km per second up almost to the corotation speed of about 74 km per second.
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This is much lower than the corotation speed of charged particles, which exceeds 74 kilometers per second.
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His first paper in graduate school at Rice University explained the relation between mass loading and corotation lag in the Io torus.
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In a system with two stars, corotation occurs when both stars rotate together at the same rate.
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The research focused on the corotation of moons around their planet, ensuring they remained in sync.
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Etymology
Corotation comes from co- meaning 'together' and rotation meaning 'turning', so it literally means 'turning together'. That's why corotation describes two or more objects that spin at the same speed, for example a moon that keeps the same face toward its planet or rings that move with a planet's magnetic field.
