I think my favourite coincidence, are Saturn's moons Epimetheus and Janus.
One of them orbits just below the other and they happen to be in such a position, that as they approach each other, the lower one gains momentum from the mutual gravitational attraction, while the higher one loses momentum. So every four (earth) years, they swap orbits!
When I first heard about that, I just thought it was awesome :-D
One of them orbits just below the other and they happen to be in such a position, that as they approach each other, the lower one gains momentum from the mutual gravitational attraction, while the higher one loses momentum. So every four (earth) years, they swap orbits!
When I first heard about that, I just thought it was awesome :-D