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Michael_1812
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Astronomer in Washington DC.

Interested in celestial mechanics and relativity.

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Under which conditions could a planet's massive moon's orbit get closer to the planet?
Aug 8
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Moving from mathematics to astronomy/astrophysics
Mar 31
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Do moons of rocky oblate planets migrate to low inclination over time? If so, does the time it takes depend on the Moon's size?
Jun 20, 2022
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Why can't a half-illuminated planet support life at all?
Oct 6
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Is an earth-sized moon orbiting a super-earth feasible?
Nov 8
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How much mass did the Late Heavy Bombardment add to Mars?
yesterday
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Are there any bodies in the solar system whose rotation is almost tidally locked or barely tidally locked?
Sep 6
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Where does Love's number come from in $\delta m = \frac{1}{2}k_2M_2\lbrace\frac{R_1}{r_\star}\rbrace^3$, the formula for the mass of a tidal bulge?
Oct 22, 2019
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Relative orientation in a 1:1 resonance of a planet and a satellite
Jun 20, 2022
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Can we measure planetary Love number of exoplanets?
Jun 20, 2022
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Are journals supposed to avoid publishing papers from persons of notorious reputation?
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I unintentionally self-plagiarized in my graduate courses last semester and just realized, what should I do?
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Importance of PhD grade for future career in physics research?
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Finding a career as a researcher without any PhD, work experience, and/or relevant academic degree
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Who said that one should change one’s direction of research every seven years?

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