Close and Held together

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Close verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.

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Held together and close are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Held together" instead a verb "Close".

Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

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Close and held together are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close" instead a verb "Held together".

What this essentially means is that at some point Deimos is going to fling itself into space (hopefully not in our direction), while Phobos, held together only by its own gravity, is going to disintegrate when tidal forces break it apart as it gets too close.

Source: Useful Notes / Mars

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