Assertion: roche limit | /r/CapableOf | orbit massive body
Facets:
value: e.g. its parent planet
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The Roche limit is a distance, the minimum distance that a smaller object (e.g. a moon) can exist, as a body held together by its self-gravity, as it orbits a more massive body (e.g. its parent planet); closer in, and the smaller body is ripped to pieces by the tidal forces on it.