A NOAA National Ocean Service tides and water levels tutorial explaining why gravity produces one tidal bulge facing the Moon while inertia produces a second bulge on the opposite side of the Earth, with a note on the Sun's own contribution.
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PublisherNOAA National Ocean Service
URLhttps://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_tides/tides03_gravity.html
Source Typescientific-agency
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Gravity, Inertia, and the Two Bulges (NOAA Tides and Currents Tutorial)
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