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nekokattt t1_j2afgd8 wrote
Reply to comment by Lithuim in ELI5 Tidal acceleration of the moon. Does the mass of the moon affect this? by Tegasauras
(where G is a gravitational constant, 6.67430x10^-11 ; m1 is the mass of the first object; m2 is the mass of the second object; and r is the distance between them, i.e. the radius of the orbit).
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