What's the formula for the Roche limit?

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Nov 5, 2003

[SOLVED] The Roche Limit

What's hte formula for the Roche Limit? I can't find it any where!

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Nov 5, 2003

R_L = 2.423R_p(d_p/d_m)^1/3

where

R_L is the Roche Limit
R_p is the radius of the planet
d_p is the density of the planet
d_m is the density of the moon.

if the moon and planet are of equal density, it reduces to

R_L = 2.423R_p

Slatiebartfarce

Nov 6, 2003

thanks

Thanks for that

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