"Michael Mcneil" wrote in message
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"Will" wrote in message


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While in a "perfect environment" the simple answer works; placing two 5
ton pallets together on a concrete floor will not cause them to approach
each other. Nor will a piece of driftwood follow the sun or moon. If
that could happen, mountains would fall apart or move much more than
oceans.

It is the differences in the astrometry of (for example) the "three body
problem" that can not be overcome immediately by gravity : acceleration
that causes phenomena such as tides (for one.) The net sum of the
differences can and must be catered for every so often when there is
enough strain on the system. The inertia of the moon and earth being so
vast that this could take days or even weeks if......

Gets of soap box.

The explanation of the moon's effect on things has been over simplified
and this can be seen when comparing the rate of change of tides with the
rate of change of lunar position.

As it happens the moon's effect on the weather can easily bee seen if
you compare the times of the phases with the weather in the UK over a
few years.

Take a look at the run of events here for 1980 from March to May to see
what long term effect this can have:

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/MoonPhase.html#y2004


Just as you get me really interested in your theory, the bloody link don't
work.-)

spurious