What Is the Roche Limit

question 16

Multiple Choice

What is the Roche limit?

• A)the distance from the Sun within which a planet cannot retain an atmosphere
• B)the minimum mass of an object in the solar system that would be classified as a planet
• C)the maximum separation distance between the Sun and a given planet
• D)the distance from a planet within which a satellite cannot hold itself together

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