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“roche limits”
The minimum distance between the center of one body and another orbiting around it at which the second can withstand tidal forces generated by the first: A Roche limit can be exemplified by the center of a planet in which the tidal force is more powerful than than the common gravitational pull or magnetism between two neighboring revolving objects.
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