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Old 25-September-2003, 03:42 PM
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Default Tobin Dax Clarification

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the center gets pulled more than the far side. This latter difference seems like the far side getting pulled from the center, which causes the tidal bulge on that side.
Right. That's the point I was trying to make. Some people seem to think that the water on the far side of the Earth moves away from the Moon, which it doesn't.
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