Earth feels cosmic tugs

Published December 1, 2008, 10:00 pm, The Oklahoman

This month, the big "cold, long nights” moon makes the highest tides of the year.Ocean tides are caused primarily by the moon’s gravity, which pulls on the oceans directly under it a bit harder than it does on the rest of the planet because that’s the closest part. The slight gravitational tug sloshes the oceans up toward the moon. The rigid body of the Earth can’t flex like the oceans, so it is ...

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