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Originally Posted by bojan
Dave,
your intuitive reasoning is quite correct.
See more on this here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit
However, it also the influence of other (bigger and closer to Pluto) planets, that play role in Pluto's ability to hold/acquire moons, as well as the availability of moons that can be captured |
D'oh! Here's me with an Honours degree in Astrophysics forgetting the Roche limit, which is indeed a specific example of exactly this.
Just goes to show what 15+ years in finance does to you.
Much obliged.