In celestial mechanics, the Kozai mechanism is a dynamical phenomenon affecting the orbit of a binary system perturbed by a distant third body under certain conditions. The mechanism is also named von Zeipel–Kozai–Lidov, Lidov–Kozai, Kozai–Lidov, etc., and may be termed an effect, oscillation, cycle, or resonance.
In celestial mechanics, the Kozai mechanism is a dynamical phenomenon affecting the orbit of a binary system perturbed by a distant third body under certain conditions. The mechanism is also named von Zeipel–Kozai–Lidov, Lidov–Kozai, Kozai–Lidov, etc., and may be termed an effect, oscillation, cycle, or resonance.
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