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Roche Limits

Roche Limits is a theoretical threshold in orbital dynamics defining the minimum distance at which a celestial body, held together primarily by self-gravitation, can approach a more massive body without being torn apart by tidal forces induced by the latter's gravitational gradient.

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Roche Limit

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Black-hole-neutron-star collisions

James M. Lattimer, David N. Schramm · The Astrophysical Journal · 1974 · 886 citations · Full text

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Dynamical studies of globular clusters based on photoelectric radial velocities of individual stars. I - M3

James E. Gunn, R. F. Griffin · The Astronomical Journal · 1979 · 275 citations

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TIDAL EVOLUTION OF CLOSE-IN PLANETS

Soko Matsumura, S. J. Peale, Frederic A. Rasio · The Astrophysical Journal · 2010 · 235 citations · Full text

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On the detection of satellites of extrasolar planets withthe method of transits

P. Sartoretti, Jean Schneider · Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series · 1999 · 230 citations · Full text

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On the Relation between Hot Jupiters and the Roche Limit

Eric B. Ford, Frederic A. Rasio · The Astrophysical Journal · 2006 · 161 citations · Full text

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Authors

412

  1. FA
    Frederic A. Rasio

    Northwestern University, United States

    5 publications · 574 citations

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  2. JS
    Julien Salmon

    Southwest Research Institute, United States

    3 publications · 171 citations

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  3. DV
    Dimitri Veras

    University of Warwick, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 278 citations

    3

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  4. LA
    Leslie A. Rogers

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    3 publications · 241 citations

    3

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  5. RM
    R. M. Canup

    Southwest Research Institute, United States

    3 publications · 171 citations

    3

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Institutions

214

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    25 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    527 citations

  4. Ames Research Center

    Mountain View, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    372 citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    562 citations

  6. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    509 citations

  7. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    639 citations

  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    705 citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 34 publications · 2.6K citations

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  3. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    9 publications · 594 citations

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  4. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    6 publications · 264 citations

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