If the moon creates the tides, why don’t any other objects get lifted by its gravitational pull?
In: Planetary Science
Gravity’s effect depends on how large area it’s being applied to, and how easily an object being pulled on can move.
Since water is a liquid, it moves much easier than other (solid) objects.
Larger bodies of water are more effected by gravity because it becomes stronger with more area.
Those two factors combined are why water has tides but why something like land doesn’t.
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