ECLIPSES AND TIDES

eclipses

ECLIPSES

• When a solar eclipse occurs when the moon gets between the Earth and the Sun and the moon casts a shadow over Earth

ECLIPSES

• Depending on the geomotry of the Sun, Moon, and Earth, there can can be between 2 and 5 solar eclipses each year.

TIDES

Tides are the gravtatinol force of the moon.

TIDES FACTS

• The sun's gravitational force on the force is only 46 percent that of the moon.
• Spring tides and neap tides level are about 20% higher or lower than average.

QUESTION😝

• Does the moon really affect the tides?

ANSWER

• If there is a solar eclpise then the day tide will be higher the night tide because the moon is closer to the day part of the earth than the night part.
• So Yes, the moon does affect tides.

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