# tidal locking

> situation in which an astronomical object's orbital period matches its rotational period

**Wikidata**: [Q109144](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109144)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_locking)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/tidal-locking


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. BabelNet
3. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)