Tides follow the moon

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antipodean

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« on: August 10, 2006, 05:41:23 AM »
Tides follow the moon, no some unexplained wobble.

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joffenz

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« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2006, 05:46:04 AM »
The moon is made of cheese, not some kind of rock.

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Pogmothoin

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« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2006, 05:46:15 AM »
So that would be gravitational pull then?

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antipodean

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« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2006, 05:48:10 AM »
Yes. A gravitational pull that orbits the Earth, and pulls on the oceans as if they sit over an oblate spheroid.

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« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2006, 05:50:00 AM »
Quote from: "antipodean"
Tides follow the moon, no some unexplained wobble.


I can see why this is thought to be true. In actual fact, both the Moon and tides are subject to the same force, which is why they appear to be related. That force is the evaporative power of the Sun. When the Sun shines over a portion of ocean, locally negligible (but very large in total) amounts of water evaporate. The "gap" causes predictable sloshing as the water on the Moon side fills the gap. When the Sun "sets", the water condenses, causing a combination of rainfall and sloshing.
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antipodean

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« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2006, 05:52:12 AM »
Sorry, that doesn't work.

If the cause was heating by the Sun, tides would be related to sunrise/sunset. They're not.

Next explanation, please.

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Pogmothoin

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« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2006, 05:55:32 AM »
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I can see why this is thought to be true. In actual fact, both the Moon and tides are subject to the same force, which is why they appear to be related. That force is the evaporative power of the Sun. When the Sun shines over a portion of ocean, locally negligible (but very large in total) amounts of water evaporate. The "gap" causes predictable sloshing as the water on the Moon side fills the gap. When the Sun "sets", the water condenses, causing a combination of rainfall and sloshing.


Do you read all of your theories in a book or do you make it up as you go along?