The lunar tidal bulge has a period of 12 hours and 25 minutes, but the solar tidal bulge period is 12 hours. Why the difference?
a) The Moon is closer than the Sun
b) The Moon has phases
c) The Moon moves around Earth in its orbit
d) The Sun is bigger than the Moon
e) The Moon's orbit is at a bigger angle from the
rotation axis
C
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