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Which causes primarily by the gravitational force between earth and moon?
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∙ 12y ago
There is insufficient information in the question to answer it. You did not provide the list of "these". However, it seems obvious that the answer is the tides of the oceans are caused by the gravitational force between the Earth and the Moon, with the Sun also a significant part. Also, it is known that the Moon tends to keep the alignment of the Earth's axis with respect to the plane of the ecliptic relatively constant, stabilizing our seasons.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe Earth's gravity attracts the Moon and this makes the Moon orbit around the Earth.
The size of this force can be calculated from Newton's "Universal Law of Gravitation": Force = G x M x m/d2 G is the gravitational constant ... 6.67 x 10-11newton-meter2 / kilogram2
M is the Earth's mass ... 5.98 x 1024 kilograms
m is the Moon's mass ... 7.35 x 1022 kilograms
d is the distance between Earth and Moon ... 238,000 miles = 3.83 x 108 meters
Force = 2.00 x 1020 newtons
= about 4.49 x 1019 pounds
= about 22,500,000,000,000,000 tons
(rounded to the nearest hundred trillion tons) Isaac newton discovered this mathematical equation for the force of gravity.
However, he could not explain the mechanism of how gravity acts.
Nowadays Einstein's theory of General Relativity is used to "explain" gravity.
But, scientists believe that our understanding of gravity is still not complete.
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoThe force on each is = approximately 1.98 * 1020 newtons
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∙ 13y agoThe moon's gravity is the main source of tides.
Wiki User
∙ 6y agoIt is mostly responsible for a tide on Earth
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Earth's gravitational pull. See attached link for more information.
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