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English: When a tidally locked orbital object has an elliptical orbit around a center of mass G, the orbital angular rotation speed ω is faster than the objects angular rotation speed Ω in the green area and orbital angular rotation speed is slower in the red region.
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Varying speeds of elliptical orbits

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3 April 2022

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