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Kozai mechanism

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Also known as Lidov–Kozai mechanism, Kozai–Lidov mechanism, Kozai effect, Lidov–Kozai effect, Kozai–Lidov effect, resonance, Kozai

dynamical phenomenon affecting the orbit of a binary system perturbed by a distant third body