Astronomy: Capture of the Moon
(2 of 2) * Discovered by French Mathematician Edouard Roche in 1850.
For the present earth-moon system. Roche's limit is about 9,700 miles
from the earth's center. The limit applies to bodies held together
principally by gravitation, not to man-made satellites.
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