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The gravitational force exerted on the Earth by the Sun is on average 179 times stronger than that exerted on the Earth by the Moon.

However, the Sun is on average 389 times farther from the Earth than the Moon and therefore the gradient of its gravitational field is weaker.

This results in the tidal force produced by the Sun being only 46% of that produced by the Moon.

Thus the tidal force of the Moon is 2.21 times larger than that of the Sun.

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