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How does the moon affect the tides?

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How does the moon affect the tides?

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So one side of the Earth is 8000 closer to any gravitational force than the other side, and gravity is proportional to the square of the distance. For the moon that’s close to one thirtieth of the distance, for the sun it’s one ten thousandth of the distance.

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