I understand the concept but I don't buy in. If that were true then I should get incrementally liter as the moon gets closer then heavier as it goes away. And likewise I should be able to jump slightly higher as it passes by. If the moon can move trillions of tons in water weight as the text books say then why is that force not measurable by any other means than .. let's be honest.. assuming it controls the tides..
Realize that the 'tide' is a slight bulge in the surface of the water encompassing half of the globe - an 8,000 mile hemisphere. Under normal conditions, (no hurricane) that incremental rise isn't more than around three feet over all that distance. The Moon's gravity isn't 'moving' the water, it is pulling it out of a perfectly spherical shape and the Earth is rotating through that bulge. The effect of the Moon's gravity on your 100-200 lb body is next to nothing. Your weight on Earth isn't going to change whether the Moon is above you or not. BTW, 'lighter' is spelled like that, not the metric volume measurement, 'liter'.
@@lazaruslazuli6130 "Next to nothing" as you say is still measurable. And since the true source of gravity is still technically theory, well the "fact" that tides are pulled by the moon.. well that is also theory, albeit a very plausible theory. Also, if the commonly accepted version of tidal behavior is true, then the moon would in fact be moving water against the force exerted by planetary rotation, no need to split hairs.
So a lot of people don't know that. Yes, the moon plays a role in tides, but there's also The Sun Tides as well. The Sun plays a role in the tides of the ocean when the moon and the Sun are on the same side. You actually get the biggest tides that come The Sun plays a bigger role than the moon actually does. A lot of people don't know that. There's also the sun that plays a roll , not just the moon
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