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When presented with this evidence, the moon's existance can only be plausible by saying that another force is the cause of the tides.
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The sun also effects the tides.
Earths rotation is another thing that not only effects tides but also the tides effect earths rotation.
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Tides affect the earth's rotation in two sharply contrasting ways. One way, caused by tidal friction, produces an extremely slow secular change in rotation. The other way, caused by the continual movements of the tides about the planet, produces very small but very rapid changes in rotation. These rapid changes occur at exactly the same periods as the tides themselves -- half-daily, daily, etc.
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Tides and the Earth's Rotation