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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Rings of Saturn (redirect from Roche Division)
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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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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Phobos (moon) (redirect from Roche (crater of Phobos))
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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Édouard Roche finds the limiting radius of tidal destruction and tidal creation for a body held together only by its self gravity, called the Roche limit...
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