English Explanatory Dictionary

Roche lobe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The teardrop-shaped region around a star in a binary system within which orbiting material is gravitationally bound to that star.

Word forms

Roche lobe Roche lobes

Etymology

Named after Édouard Roche.

Related words

Roche limit Roche sphere

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