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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Full moon and tides
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.214713.7242@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Dec17.131314.16490@fnx.uucp>
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 21:47:13 GMT
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- lowe@fnx.uucp (Phill Lowe) writes:
- :
- : Low pressure (caused by several things) means that there is less pushing
- : down on the water.
-
- This has absolutely nothing to do with how high a tide will be.
-
- : The relative positions of the moon and sun are
- : what cause the variations in the tides. If the sun and moon are on
- : the same side of the earth there is a greater combined pull on the
- : water.
-
- True.
-
- : If they are on opposite sides there is some canceling out of
- : the effect.
-
- Slight - not much.
-
- : Full moon means that the earth does not cut off the light
- : from the sun on the moon...... ie the moon is not on the opposite side
- : of the earth from the sun.
-
- Wrong. I suggest that you study some elemental physics. The moon is not
- exactly opposite - otherwise it would be in eclipse, but it is within a
- couple of degrees.
-
- Bill
-