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Show that the tidal force on Earth from the Moon is approximately two times the tidal force on Earth from the Sun.For reference,Moon's mass is 7.3 ×1022 kg,the Sun's mass is 2 × 1030 kg,the Earth-Moon distance is 3.8 × 105 km,and the Earth-Sun distance is 1.5 × 108 km.


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