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		nicwolff 13 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tides are weirder than you think The Earth is being pulled away from that water, just as the water on the right is being pulled away from the Earth.

adammarples 12 days ago [–]

But the water on the left is being pulled by everything to the right of it, moon, earth, other water. Why is it left behind? Every single thing is being attracted by the same centre of gravity on the right of the earth

lostmsu 1 day ago | [–]

It's further away so it's pulled less, so it shifts less.

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