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If the Moon orbited Earth twice as fast, how many high tides would occur in one day?

Answer 1

Because the Earth rotates through two tidal “bulges” every lunar day, coastal areas experience two high and two low tides every 24 hours and 50 minutes. ... This occurs because the moon revolves around the Earth in the same direction that the Earth is rotating on its axis.

Answer 2

Four high tides would occur in one day, if the moon orbited Earth twice as fast.

What are high tides?

The tide when the water is at its greatest elevation.

At the moment, high tides occur twice a day. So if the moon orbits the earth twice as fast, high tides will occur twice as many, which means four times a day.

High tides occur 12 hours and 25 minutes apart. It takes six hours and 12.5 minutes for the water at the shore to go from high to low, or from low to high.

The best-known effect of the moon is its gravitational pull on Earth's oceans, which results in two high tides and two low tides every day.

But if the moon were half the distance from Earth as it is now, the tides would be eight times higher.

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