Re:What If Planet 9 Is a Primordial Black Hole?
by taneq on Thursday September 26, 2019 @11:10AM
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Very close, in astronomical terms. At a guess, no further than the distance from Earth to the Moon, and probably much less. I'd love to see real numbers though. :)
Edit: According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit the Roche limit d = Rm * (2 * MM/Mm)^(1/3) for Rm = radius of the satellite, MM = mass of the primary, and Mm = mass of the secondary. So in this case d = 6380 * (2 * 5/1)^(1/3) = 13,745km. In astronomical terms, very nearly a bulls-eye.
Edit: According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit the Roche limit d = Rm * (2 * MM/Mm)^(1/3) for Rm = radius of the satellite, MM = mass of the primary, and Mm = mass of the secondary. So in this case d = 6380 * (2 * 5/1)^(1/3) = 13,745km. In astronomical terms, very nearly a bulls-eye.