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		adammarples 12 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tides are weirder than you think 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 2 days ago [–]

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

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