noun Etymology: E. A. Roche died 1883 French mathematician Date: 1889 the distance from a planet's center within which a satellite can neither approach nor reside without becoming disrupted by tidal forces
ROCHE LIMIT
Meaning of ROCHE LIMIT in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012