Comment on Sea Level
unphazed@lemmy.world 15 hours agoThink about the moon like a flashlight beam. Where the center hits the ocean, it keeps a consistent pull upwards, and moves the bulge of water as it orbits. Towards the edges of focus, it’s dropping a bit of water and it’s rippling away as it falls. I am no scientist, but I liked this explanation when I saw it because it was simpler to understand.
UnhingedFridge@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
It’s because the center of mass between the earth and moon is off center, nearly 3k miles from the core, and constantly moving as the moon orbits.
So it’s not due to a direct pull, and the earth’s orbit around the sun technically has a slight wobble due to it.
jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
Sounds super complex. No clue how anyone can predict the tides.