ROCHE LIMIT


Meaning of ROCHE LIMIT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈrȯsh-, ˈrōsh- ]

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

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