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by pyinstallwoes 998 days ago
Are you saying any object in space will naturally be resonating with itself at some frequency or that by proximity and interaction to another object it may cause resonance on another and therefore cause it to jiggle in strange ways.

Thanks!

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The latter. Basically [1] but not as exaggerated. Think of things like screws shaking loose over time which leads to structural failure. Plus, no easy means to release that energy like you would when you're attached to a planet.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XggxeuFDaDU