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Originally Posted by ckissick
I found my old text book on oceanography
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That's cute.
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If the moon were to go away, the tides would still be with us, but they would be much smaller tides caused by the gravity of the sun.
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Where did the Moon go? I said if it stopped ORBITING. In your scenario, the "wave" would continue rotating the Earth, loosing amplitude from friction. In real life, it would stand still, under the Moon, at full height. If the Moon suddenly disappeared, the tides would all but instantly disappear too.
I don't care what geology or oceanography told you, the fact is, what PHYSICS tells you is the truth here, not what geology or oceanography tells you.