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Re: Stars... so right and so wrong
From: UNK
Date: 2012 Jul 30, 06:57 -0700
From: UNK
Date: 2012 Jul 30, 06:57 -0700
Hi Frank,
you said
"given that the tides are proportional to the cube of the angular diameter, the tidal range at Newport would be the current four feet multiplied by 30 cubed or 27,000 implying a tide range of around of over 20 miles"
Ah, but you don't know whether Jamestown Fish's moon isn't hollow. Everything is posible in a universe where wine is served in plastic cups...
(Just helping you a little with your nitpicking.)
Herbert