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Re: tides: summary



I put together some explanations of tides and related stuff at
http://www.monmouth.com/~jsd/physics/tides.htm

Most of the points have been covered in recent postings, but they are a lot
easier to follow when they're collected and organized.

Outline:

The Tide-Producing Potential: Pictorial Approach
Discussion
Gravity Accelerates Massive Objects, Too
Gravity is a Vector
Spring Tides versus Neap Tides
Symmetry and Dimensional Arguments
Cause versus Effect
Taylor Series for the Potential
Taylor Series for the Field; Scaling Laws
Once-A-Day Tides