If the moon creates the tides, why don’t any other objects get lifted by its gravitational pull?
In: Planetary Science
The moon does **not** lift anything off the Earth. The moon’s gravity will never over power Earth’s gravity. So keep that in mind.
What is happening is the moon is pulling the water sideways, perpendicular to Earth’s gravity.
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If the moon is above the earth like these emoji’s, then it’s the water on the left and right side of the Earth emoji that’s getting pulled towards the top of the emoji.
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