Translation of "Roche limit" into German

Rochegrenze, Roche-Grenze, Roche-Grenze are the top translations of "Roche limit" into German.

Roche limit noun grammar

(astronomy) the closest distance which a satellite can approach its parent body without being pulled apart by tidal forces [..]

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  • Rochegrenze

    noun feminine

    distance

  • Roche-Grenze

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  • Roche-Grenze

    feminine

    He calculated that gravitational forces exerted by the mother planet would tend to tear any orbiting satellite apart within this so-called “Roche limit.”

    Er berechnete, daß die vom Mutterplaneten ausgehenden Anziehungskräfte jeglichen umlaufenden Satelliten innerhalb dieser sogenannten „Roche-Grenze“ in Stücke zerreißen würde.

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