Timeline for Did the moon's tidal effect sink the Titanic?
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Jan 8, 2014 at 14:42 | comment | added | GordonM | No, hitting an ice berg and filling up with water is what sank Titanic :) | |
Jan 25, 2013 at 8:23 | vote | accept | Carlo Alterego | ||
Jan 10, 2013 at 7:03 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSkeptic/status/289266164264206337 | ||
Jan 8, 2013 at 18:51 | vote | accept | Carlo Alterego | ||
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Jan 8, 2013 at 18:48 | comment | added | Larry OBrien | At Full and New moons, when the Earth, Moon, and Sun roughly align, you get strong "Spring tides". The Moon's orbit of Earth is elliptical: when closest approach coincides with spring tides you get "perigean spring tides." The Earth's orbit of the sun is elliptical: closest approach to Sun is perihelion. Argument is that combo of all three produced peak tides. (See illustration in my answer below.) | |
Jan 8, 2013 at 2:47 | comment | added | Oddthinking♦ | "closest approach to the Earth" - I can't see how that makes any sense. Any astronomers want to comment? | |
Jan 8, 2013 at 0:47 | answer | added | Larry OBrien | timeline score: 17 | |
Jan 8, 2013 at 0:45 | history | edited | Sam I Am | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Jan 8, 2013 at 0:17 | history | asked | Carlo Alterego | CC BY-SA 3.0 |