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dschmidt12
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I know that I have learned this at some point in my past and that I am probably just blanking on the explanation, but I have been having some trouble remembering just how orbital energy is transferred via gravitational encounters (for example, between stars in a binary system). Physically, how is this explained? Also, how does the concept of conservation of angular momentum play into this? Again, I know this is probably simpler than I am making it out to be in my mind; I just wanted to make sure I remembered the reason.