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>water on the sunny side of the Earth is pulled toward the Sun more than water on the night side
While the Sun does cause a tidal force as you describe, the tides that we see are mainly due to the Moon (which is smaller but much closer). So water on the moony side (if you will) is pulled more, while water on the opposite side is pulled less, and the land (which moves more as a solid chunk) is pulled some amount in the middle. So we get high tide on both the moony side (where up is towards the moon) and on the opposite side (where up is away from the moon).
You probably know this, but it seems weird to focus on the relatively minor tidal effect of the Sun, so I thought that I would clarify for other readers.
TobyBartels /
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2024-11-21 17:59:33
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