Re: [TML] What would you see?
Tim 06 Mar 2016 05:50 UTC
On Sat, Mar 05, 2016 at 08:57:45PM -0800, Edward Swatschek wrote:
> The low prograde orbit implies youth. Might be low enough for the
> Roche limit to a concern.
The Roche limit shouldn't be a concern with a 20 hour period. That
tends to come into effect more around the 6-7 hour mark for
terrestrial planets.
Phobos is pretty close to Mars' Roche limit at 7.7 hours, but still
expected to survive another few tens of millions of years.
- Tim
