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Chapter 6, Figure 21
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6.21
(A) Arrows
schematically show Moon's gravitation force at different points on the Earth.
(B) Tidal forces from the point of view of an observer on the Earth. These
arrows represent the difference between the Moon's gravitational force at
a given point and its force at the Earth's center.
