It is too close however. There is something called the Roche Limit which 
is approximately 2.4 times the radius of the larger (technically more 
massive) object. If the other object enters within the Roche Limit then 
the body will break up into a ring. Saturn's rings were caused either by 
a moonlet that fell into the Roche Limit and broke up or material that 
couldn't form a moon because it was within the Roche Limit.

But having said that... I am all for "artistic license."

Apollo16

Richard Callwood III wrote:

>On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 17:55:18 +0100, Marc Roth <mar### [at] rothconsultcom>
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>>i think the moon too near/big,
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>It's certainly not too big, as Pluto's moon Charon is almost as big as
>Pluto itself.  I also don't know what is "too near," but the tides on
>this planet must be indescribably savage.  That is, unless the moon
>has a tidal lock on the planet (which is indeed the case with Pluto).
>In this case, tourists must flock from the other side of the planet
>just to have a look at this celestial wonder that they never get to
>see from home.
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>POV story-telling!  Is this a new genre?
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