Changes

Jump to: navigation, search

Roche limit

291 bytes added, 16:44, June 26, 2010
Created page with 'A [[planet]]'s or [[star]]'s '''Roche limit''' is the smallest distance a satellite (which is held together only by gravitational forces) can approach it without being desinteg…'
A [[planet]]'s or [[star]]'s '''Roche limit''' is the smallest distance a satellite (which is held together only by gravitational forces) can approach it without being desintegrated by tidal forces.

== Sources ==
*[http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/RocheLimit.html Wolfram Research]
256
edits