“Eli5” Tidal acceleration of the moon. Does the mass of the moon affect this?
Hi,
I’ve just started reading up on black holes and, damn this is so interesting but mind boggling so I’m going all way back to understand the basics of gravity that we have knowledge on well enough.
I’ve read up ( bought some extra books for references ) but does the mass of our natural satellite affect our tidal acceleration or is it purely based on gravity between that, us and the Sun?
Thank you in advance
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Gravity is caused by mass so by definition yes. Also acceleration is governed by a=f/m acceleration equals force divided by mass. So it’s relevant again there. Is there some other angle you mean here?
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