three-body resonance

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concept

A three-body resonance is a dynamical configuration in which the orbital motions of three bodies are linked by a specific commensurability relation among their mean motions, causing their gravitational interactions to reinforce periodically and maintain a stable or quasi-stable pattern.

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Label Occurrences
three-body resonance canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

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Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: three-body resonance
Generated description
A three-body resonance is a dynamical configuration in which the orbital motions of three bodies are linked by a specific commensurability relation among their mean motions, causing their gravitational interactions to reinforce periodically and maintain a stable or quasi-stable pattern.

Instances (1)

Instance Via concept surface
Laplace resonance