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Re: Asteroid Problem



At 13:20 8/31/01 -0400, Ludwik wrote:
Our moon is about 30 earth-diameters away. In this case
components of forces exerted on any little part of our planet
are very small in comparison with perpendicular components
(on my picture where the moon-earth line is horizontal).
Thus lunar tidal forces (gradient of F) are essentially
horizontal (on my picture). But this would not be so for
an asteroid located only one earth-diameter away from
the center of our planet. Would the vertical force
components reduce the tidal effect? I would expect so.
/snip/
Ludwik Kowalski


High tides are observed on the surface of the Earth most remote from
the Sun and Moon.


brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net> Altus OK
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