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Satellite's lowest orbit — one's immersed in chlorite mixture (5,5)

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roche limit

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'satellite's lowest orbit' is the definition.
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'one's immersed in chlorite mixture' is the wordplay.
'one's' becomes 'im' ('one is' is a formal way of saying 'I am').
'immersed in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'mixture' indicates anagramming the letters.
'chlorite' is an anagram of 'rochelit'.
'im' placed within 'rochelit' is 'ROCHE LIMIT'.

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(Another definition for roche limit that I've seen is " moon's closest orbit".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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