Essential Cosmic Perspective
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Chapter 4, Problem 45EAP
Head to Foot Tides. You and Earth attract each other gravitationally, so you should also be subject to a tidal force resulting from the difference between the gravitational attraction felt by your feet and that felt by your head (at least when you are standing). Explain why you can’t feel this tidal force.
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