Definitions from Wiktionary (Roche limit)
▸ noun: (astronomy) The closest a satellite can approach its parent body before the gravitational forces holding it together are overwhelmed by tidal forces pulling it apart.
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▸ noun: (astronomy) The closest a satellite can approach its parent body before the gravitational forces holding it together are overwhelmed by tidal forces pulling it apart.
Similar:
Roche lobe,
rendezvous,
fill-out,
cosmological horizon,
termination shock,
apocynthion,
perilune,
cosmic event horizon,
red line,
ringdown,
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