Yes, you can. Where is the center of mass of the earth moon system?

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Peter S/Y Anicula wrote:

We can certainly look at the gravitational force from the moon and the
gravitational force of the earth seperatly, and then ad the two, to
have a look at the combined forces.

Peter S/Y Anicula


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...

Well Peter, I have to disagree there. The gravitational force acts

only

toward the center of mass of the system. This cannot by itself

produce

two bulges. To clarify this, try imagining the forces of gravity in

2D

on a piece of paper. In all cases, water would be pulled toward the
center of the Earth-Moon pair. This would lead to less water on the

far

side and more water as you move toward the moon... -two bulges would

not

be present.

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