Assertion: ellipsoid's axis | /r/CapableOf | align to their planet
Facets:
value: radially
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: One practical effect of this is that scalene astronomical bodies such as generally rotate along their minor axes (as does the Earth, which is merely oblate); in addition, because of tidal locking, scalene moons in synchronous orbit such as those of Saturn orbit with their major axis aligned radially to their planet.
text: One practical effect of this is that scalene astronomical bodies such as generally rotate along their minor axes (as does the Earth, which is merely oblate); in addition, because of tidal locking, scalene moons in synchronous orbit such as those of Saturn orbit with their major axis aligned radially to their planet.