Originally Posted by
finlay_gaskill:
“If the moon's gravity is powerful enough to affect the earth's seas, how come it has no other terrestrial gravitational manifestations, like, say, twice a day we would weigh 33% less , and on really HIGH days weigh 50% less ?
Tides/Moon's pull, theoretical bollocks.
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erm..... scale.... the answer is scale.... the human body is far too small to be effected by the moons gravity, the oceans however....
Originally Posted by tealady:
“How would it work?
I don't think you quite follow how these propositions work!”
no i dont, please enlighten me... just how would the earths core/electro magnetism cause the tides? how would that work?
or are you having a giraffe?...
Originally Posted by coughthecat:
“Oh come on! It's simple!
The moon doesn't 'power' the tides. The tides cause the moon to orbit the earth.
The movement of the water produces what is essentially a 'standing wave' in the atmosphere which has built up over millenia. At the very upper reaches of the atmosphere is a dense layer and the moon basically 'surfs' on that.”

i presume this is levity!