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The Adobe Flash Player is required in order to view this content. You can get it here: Roche limitOne entry found. Main Entry: Roche limit Pronunciation: \ˈrȯsh-, ˈrōsh-\ Function: noun Etymology: E. A. Roche †1883 French mathematician Date: 1889 : the distance from a planet's center within which a satellite can neither approach nor reside without becoming disrupted by tidal forces 
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