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re: Astronomical Unit (AU)

Raoul — 4/19/2007 7:12:32 PM (archived)

The Moon provokes tides on Earth and vice-versa.

There is no such influence from the Sun on Earth because the distance between the Moon and the Earth is 0.0025 times that of the distance between the Sun and the Earth.
Tides depend on distances more than masses

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distance to sun... - father earth - 4/19/2007 9:20:56 AM
- Astronomical Unit and Orbital contraction - Adam - 4/20/2007 2:11:39 AM
- too good to be true... - pops - 4/19/2007 10:15:32 PM
- re: distance to sun... - TB - 4/19/2007 2:28:19 PM
- re: Try Kepler's Law - SteveS - 4/19/2007 1:25:54 PM
- Astronomical Unit (AU) - SDF - 4/19/2007 10:22:01 AM
  - re: Astronomical Unit (AU) - father earth - 4/19/2007 1:15:00 PM
    - re: Astronomical Unit (AU) - pops eart - 4/19/2007 3:06:43 PM
      - re: Astronomical Unit (AU) - TB - 4/19/2007 5:35:25 PM
        
        Tidal effects - nick hoffman - 4/20/2007 1:18:22 AM
        
        re: Astronomical Unit (AU) - pops - 4/19/2007 6:58:19 PM
        
        Last comment on this - TB - 4/19/2007 7:51:51 PM
        
        re: Astronomical Unit (AU) - Raoul - 4/19/2007 7:12:32 PM
        
        re: Astronomical Unit (AU) - gbaikie - 4/19/2007 10:26:29 PM
        
        RAOUL WAS NOT WRONG - ARRELL - 4/20/2007 3:34:20 AM
        
        re: RAOUL WAS WRONG - gbaikie - 4/20/2007 5:01:41 AM
        
        Tides - Raoul - 4/20/2007 12:30:57 PM
        
        re: Astronomical Unit (AU) - pops - 4/19/2007 11:19:36 PM
        
        TB and Raoul - pops - 4/19/2007 9:10:44 PM
        
        Sure, go for it. - TB - 4/19/2007 10:13:20 PM
        
        re: Sure, go for it. - pops - 4/19/2007 10:18:16 PM
        
        MODERATORS: I believe smyth was banned, can we please enforce it by deleting this crap? (n/t) - ARRELL - 4/20/2007 3:36:45 AM
        
        re: Moderators - TB - 4/20/2007 2:26:18 PM
        
        Agree - Peter Bruener - 4/20/2007 7:29:20 AM
        
        re: MODERATORS: - nick hoffman - 4/20/2007 7:11:26 AM
        
        re: MODERATORS: - pops - 4/20/2007 9:27:10 AM
        
        Keep the suntan lotion handy - SDF - 4/19/2007 9:35:24 PM
        
        re: Keep the suntan lotion handy - pops - 4/19/2007 10:11:11 PM

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