See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_lobe https://en.wikipedia.or

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_lobe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_lobe Indeed given that we now think most of the heavy elements in the universe were created in type 1a mass-transfer supernovae, we can ultimately thank tidal phenomena for the existence of things like rocky planets and humans.