Water bulge resulting from inertia (sometimes incorrectly called centrifugal "force") Figure 11.6 The formation of tidal bulges at points toward and away from the moon. (This and the similar diagrams that follow are not drawn to scale.) North Pole Moon Water bulge resulting from gravitational attraction South Pole © Cengage Learning

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