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by semi-extrinsic 2463 days ago
Ah, you're right.

So plugging in numbers you get 2.15 times the radius of Earth, which becomes 13 750 km.

For comparison, Earth-Moon distance is approx. 400 000 km.

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Yes, but you don't have to be within the Roche limit to have substantial tidal effects, which could destroy habitability at a much greater distance. Just look at Io.