Timeline for Moon's pull causes tides on far side of Earth: why?
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| Jun 10, 2014 at 19:08 | comment | added | Magus | @slebetman: Funny you say that; I think it may have originally been a semicolon. | |
| Jun 9, 2014 at 20:24 | comment | added | WalyKu | @Joshua Yes, I meant a very brief explanation with tldr. | |
| Jun 9, 2014 at 14:38 | comment | added | slebetman | Basically, TL:DR is a cynical way to say "synopsis" | |
| Jun 9, 2014 at 14:37 | comment | added | slebetman | @Joshua: Too Long/Didn't Read. Usually written as TL:DR but now people have gotten even lazier and simply write TLDR | |
| Jun 9, 2014 at 14:23 | comment | added | NeutronStar | @Kurtovic, what does tldr mean? | |
| Jun 9, 2014 at 14:19 | comment | added | NeutronStar | @ThorbjørnRavnAndersen, that's not quite true. The Earth itself is deformed a little by the moon's tidal force. However, since the Earth is solid it doesn't deform as much as the liquid ocean. | |
| Jun 9, 2014 at 13:51 | comment | added | Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen | You need to emphasize that the Earth is a solid which keeps its shape as opposed to the seawater which is a liquid that doesn't. | |
| Jun 9, 2014 at 11:33 | comment | added | Val | @LDC3 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_force | |
| Jun 9, 2014 at 9:28 | comment | added | WalyKu | Would be the perfect tldr for Joshuas answer. | |
| Jun 9, 2014 at 5:33 | comment | added | LDC3 | @Joshua I don't know user139981 and his statement didn't have any support. I agree that most web sites are also missing support for their statements. I asked user139981 to show a web site since I thought his statement was wrong, but I wasn't certain. His statement takes a different viewpoint of the situation, which you provided in your answer. | |
| S Jun 9, 2014 at 4:46 | history | suggested | NeutronStar | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 9, 2014 at 4:37 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | @LDC3 While the explanation given here is not mathematical it is correct. You can also frame it in terms of orbital mechanics, of course, but that ends up sounding a little silly when applied to low angular momentum cases. | |
| Jun 9, 2014 at 4:21 | comment | added | NeutronStar | Isn't this a website that is supporting this explanation? Why would another website be more/less credible than this one? I believe a better thing to ask is, "can you show the math or physical picture behind this answer?" | |
| Jun 9, 2014 at 4:06 | comment | added | LDC3 | I've haven't heard this explanation before. Do you have a web site that supports this? | |
| Jun 9, 2014 at 4:04 | history | answered | velut luna | CC BY-SA 3.0 |