Thursday 10 October 2019

newtonian mechanics - Moon's pull causes tides on far side of Earth: why?


I have always wondered and once I even got it, but then completely forgot. I understand that gravity causes high and low tides in oceans, but why does it occur on the other side of Earth?




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