Hill sphere radius r_H = a·(m/(3M))^{1/3}

Layer 1 — Physicsin the planetary-physics subtree

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…

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