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This is the Conversation Forum for The Solar System what makes planets go around? >> Subject: Tides Posted Dec 13, 2009 by Todaymueller - back after a long absence   Posting 1 Can I point out that tdes can be a lot more than 2 metres . The moon has a strong gravitational pull . http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/.../tides.shtml?date=20091218&loc=0523 Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Tides Posted Dec 4, 2010 by matterdoc This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 Yes, but Sun has greater gravitational pull. Yet solar tides are much lesser than lunar tides. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Tides Posted Dec 4, 2010 by Todaymueller - back after a long absence This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 Well it is the sun and moon excerting there gravitational pull together that gives us spring tides. These occur aproximately every 2 weeks. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Tides Posted Nov 10, 2011 by matterdoc This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 What happens during neep tides. Gravitational pulls from sun and moon are perpendicular to each other. According to mechanics, there can be only one resultant gravitational pull directed to somewhere in between the original pulls. But we do have two sets of separate tides, one each due to sun and moon. There are no tides where resultant pulls should be. Conversation list Conversation list

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