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tidal force
Sign in to savesecondary effect of the force of gravity of one body on another
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Figure 1: Tidal interaction between the spiral galaxy NGC 169 and a smaller companion
The tidal force or tide-generating force is the difference in gravitational attraction between different points in a gravitational field. It causes different parts of bodies to be pulled unevenly, as a result being stretched towards the attraction.
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