The Roche lobe of a star in a binary star system:
A) resembles the ear of Edouard Roche, a French mathematician.
B) is, in terms of the star's gravity, its "zone of influence."
C) is the part of a rapidly rotating star that will eventually spin away to form planets.
D) is the accretion disk around the companion star.
E) leads to formation of rings, like around the jovian planets.
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