Re: Indirect high tide cause?

[Jim Green <JMGreen@SISNA.COM>]

> At 10:36 9/1/01 -0400, Herb Gottlieb wrote:
>
> >When the sun and the moon are on the same side of the earth there is a
> >very very high tide at that point (Spring Tide).
> >
> >However, an equally high tide occurs on the opposite side of the earth.
> >All of the explanations that I have been able to find explain the causes
> >of this indirect high tide. But they fail to explain why the level of the
> >direct high tide and the indirect high tides have exactly the same level
> >at given points on opposite sides of the earth.

Herb, the Great Newton notwithstanding -- This not an accurate picture of
the ocean tides -- eg the high waters on opposite sides of the Earth do NOT
occur at the same time nor are they equal in magnitude.

I invite you to look at my WWW page for a further explanation.


Jim Green
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