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gravitational encounter

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gravitational encounter [‚grav·ə′tā·shən·əl in′kau̇nt·ər]
(astronomy)
An approach of two massive bodies in which the directions of motion of both bodies are altered by their mutual gravitational attraction.
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The misalignments attest to rough-and-tumble histories and may suggest that life flourished on Earth because the solar system avoided the brunt of close gravitational encounters between planets.
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