Roche limit animation - GIF
Roche limit, also called Roche radius, is the distance from a celestial body within which a second celestial body, held together only by its own force of gravity, will disintegrate because the first body's tidal forces exceed the second body's self-gravitation. - Wikipedia
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https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...616#post223083
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...577#post222941
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...077#post214268
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...723#post186388