Anton Sherwood wrote:
>> Larry Hudson wrote:
>>
>>> No, it's not a resonnance.  The way I've heard the two tides 
>>> explained is that the ocean is raised by the moon's gravity on that 
>>> side of the earth, but it also pulls the _earth_ away from the water 
>>> on the far side.
> 
> 
> Darren New wrote:
> 
>> Um, not really.
> 
> 
> I don't see why not.
> 
>> Tides are caused when any large body orbits a point. Consider two 
>> rocks on the moon, one on the ground very close to the Earth, one on 
>> the ground on the side we never see.  [snip orbital mechanics]
> 
> 
> This does not contradict Larry's version.
> 
 > ,,, [much quoting left out] ...

It's not really "my" version, I don't have any expertise on the subject. 
  And as I stated in my original post, this was the explanation I had 
heard.  It was quite some time ago that I heard this explained, and I 
don't recall what the source was (possibly a science program on TV, but 
it might have been a book or magazine.  Hmmm, thinking back again, it 
probably was TV, because I seem to vaguely recall it being illustrated 
with animated pictures.)  However, I did believe it was an authorative 
source at the time, and it did sound like a reasonable explanation, so I 
accepted it.

But I'm not going to argue about it...    ;-)

      -=- Larry -=-

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