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Re:What If the Moon Orbited at the Same Height as the ISS? by gshubert17 on Monday May 19, 2014 @02:04PM (#7768826)
Inside the Roche limit[0], the Moon would begin to disintegrate (depending on its relative strength compared to the disruptive forces) and the Earth would end up with rings.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit

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