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The present pattern of tides is the result of gravitational forces between the Earth
and both the sun and the moon. If the moon disappeared but the sun remained,
there would still be two high tides and two low ones every day. They would be more
consistent in amplitude but lower on the average than they are now. Also, the highs
and lows in any one place would always occur at the same time of day ... the whole
pattern would not creep later by 45 to 50 minutes per day as it does now .

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Ebba Hoeger

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