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Exactly. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit Basically, in this scenario the moon would either come down in
by rohansingh 13y ago
Exactly. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit
Basically, in this scenario the moon would either come down in chunks or would form a set of rings.
- mixmastamyk 13y agoYes, I was thinking a -3.8cm per year rate, and did contemplate the "squishing" that the moon Io has to deal with. Just pulled the timeframe from my rear end, probably would take that long just to get the process started. :/