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    Édouard Albert Roche (French: [edwaʁ albɛʁ ʁɔʃ]; 17 October 1820 – 27 April 1883) was a French astronomer and mathematician, who is best known for his...
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    after Édouard Roche (French: [ʁɔʃ], English: /rɒʃ/ ROSH), the French astronomer who first calculated this theoretical limit in 1848. The Roche limit typically...
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  • Edward Roche may refer to: Édouard Roche (1820–1883), French astronomer and mathematician Edward Patrick Roche (1874–1950), Newfoundlander prelate of...
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    tidal forces. The Roche lobe, Roche limit, and Roche sphere are named after the French astronomer Édouard Roche. In a binary system with a circular orbit,...
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    Hill sphere (redirect from Roche sphere)
    astronomer George William Hill, based on the work of the French astronomer Édouard Roche.[not verified in body] To be retained by a more gravitationally attracting...
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  • former Canadian Senator Édouard Roche (1820–1883), French scientist Eric Roche (1967–2005), Irish fingerstyle guitarist Ernest Roche (1850–1917), French engraver...
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    been named the Roche Division in honor of the French physicist Édouard Roche. The Roche Division should not be confused with the Roche limit which is...
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    Gulliver's friend in Gulliver's Travels WGPSN Roche 53°N 177°E / 53°N 177°E / 53; 177 (Roche) 2.3 1973 Édouard Roche; French astronomer (1820–1883) WGPSN Sharpless...
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  • Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric, above Roche limit – Édouard Roche Roche sphere (a.k.a. Hill sphere) – Édouard Roche (and George William Hill) Rollin film...
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  • moon. Lord Rosse studies M1 and names it the Crab Nebula. Édouard Roche calculates the Roche limit. Rudolf Wolf (in Zürich) devises a way of quantifying...
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