Hill 1878 (Amer. J. Math. 1:5) introduced the concept of the 'Hill sphere' — the region around a planet of mass m orbiting a star of mass M at semi-major axis a within which the planet's gravity dominates the combined tidal field of the…
Hill 1878 (Amer. J. Math. 1:5) introduced the concept of the 'Hill sphere' — the region around a planet of mass m orbiting a star of mass M at semi-major axis a within which the planet's gravity dominates the combined tidal field of the…