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JRS: In article , dated Sat, 22 Jan 2005
02:13:42, seen in news:sci.space.policy, Ross Smith posted : Dr John Stockton wrote: JRS: In article , dated Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:20:10, seen in news:sci.space.policy, Henry Spencer posted : The distance between Titan and Rhea is never *less* than about twice the distance from the Earth to the Moon. Contributory, but non-essential. The effect of tides is proportional to: m1.r2^4/m2.d^3 where m1 = mass of inducing body m2 = mass of subject body r2 = radius of subject body d = distance between the bodies Plugging in the numbers ... But what is your definition of effect? That having the dimensions of distance, I suppose the effect to be the height of the tide on a homogeneous liquid body. The above is equivalent to (P/p) q^3 r where P, p are the mean densities of the inducing and affected bodies, q is the angular diameter of the former as seen from the latter, and r is the radius of the latter. The displacement being proportional to the radius, and the other factors, tie in well with Roche considerations - a tide is no more than a thoroughly failed Roche break-up. The actual effect is of course different, here on earth; take beach holidays in the Bay of Naples and the Bay of Fundy to see that; and on Cowes Roads to get properly confused. I expect the formula is calculated for tidal deformation of a homogeneous liquid body. What if the affected body is a solid sphere with a moderately deep but less dense ocean? The tidal force and the restoring gravitational force are both proportional to the density of the ocean, so the tidal height should be independent of ocean density. That table does not include Phobos & Deimos, nor ISS; their primaries subtend angles much larger than most of the tabulated cases. But they are small enough to be rigid. -- © John Stockton, Surrey, UK. Turnpike v4.00 MIME. © Web URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/ - FAQqish topics, acronyms & links; some Astro stuff via astro.htm, gravity0.htm ; quotings.htm, pascal.htm, etc. No Encoding. Quotes before replies. Snip well. Write clearly. Don't Mail News. |
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