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    The corotation circle is the circle around the galactic center of a spiral galaxy, where the stars move at the same speed as the spiral arms. The radius...
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    because, in addition to being outside a spiral arm, it orbits near the corotation circle, maximizing the interval between spiral-arm crossings. Spiral arms...
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    1086/420770, S2CID 119522693. Ransom, R. R.; et al. (June 2002), "Possible Corotation of the Milliarcsecond Radio Structure of the Close Binary HR 1099", Astrophysical...
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    Li-Yong; J. Lehto, Harry; Sun, Yi-Sui; Zheng, Jia-Qing (2004). "Apsidal corotation in mean motion resonance: the 55 Cancri system as an example". Monthly...
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    Saturnian perfectly axially symmetric magnetic field fails to impose a strict corotation on the magnetospheric plasma making it slip relative to the planet. The...
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