Why does the moon have gravitational power to create tides, but not to lift any other objects?

Question

If the moon creates the tides, why don’t any other objects get lifted by its gravitational pull?

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

while earth pulls 1kg with 8.9N the moon pulls with 0.0000036 N.

So earth will “win” and the moons effect is so minimal that we need a lot of mass like an ocean to recognize it.

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