Can 3 body tidal locking exist?

Subject: Can 3 body tidal locking exist?

Date: Mon Dec 11 02:52:53 2000
Posted by David Hall
Grade level: grad (non-science) School: No school entered.
City: Osaka State/Province: No state entered. Country: Japan
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 976521173.As

Message:


I know the moon is tidally locked to the Earth so that one side is always 
facing it.  I also know that eventually the Earth will also be locked to 
the moon.  My question is, if there were a 3rd body orbiting the Moon, 
could it tidal-lock itself to the Moon and in what configuration?  What if 
the 3rd body was orbiting the Earth instead?

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