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Re: Asteroid Problem (2)



(and where is Jim Green to tell that the moon does NOT cause the
tides?!?!?!? ;-)
oops sorry!


At 12:54 PM -0700 on 8/29/01, Stephen Murray wrote
Umm, not really. As others here have stated, I was always taught and
tell my students that the tides are due to the gradient of the
gravitational field of the Moon and Sun

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