Both the moon and the sun influence the tides on Earth. The moon has a much greater influence though. Why is that

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Zah · Answer 1 · 2021-06-08T15:12:00+0000

Because even though the moon is smaller, therefore a weaker gravitational pull, the moon is much closer to the earth than the sun, thus having a greater gravitational pull

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