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Jacobi tidal radius
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2026-09-28
For
a
low-
mass
satellite
of
mass
M
s
on
a
circular orbit
of
radius
r
o
in
a
spherical host,
r
t
=
r
o
[
(
3
−
d
l
o
g
M
h
/
d
l
o
g
r
o
)
M
h
(
r
o
)
M
s
]
1/3
.
(1)
This local
approximation
requires
r
t
≪
r
o
.
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