Fig. 1
Order of magnitude (radial component) of the main forces acting on a small body orbiting Mercury, Earth, Mars, and Vesta with respect to the relative distance (ratio between the distance from the center of the central body and its equatorial radius) from the center of the central body. The dashed vertical lines localize the synchronous orbits.
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