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Neil deGrasse Tyson states that Earth's tides were significantly higher when the Moon was in its early formation phase closer to the planet.

“when the moon formed it raised tides on Earth there were eight thousand times higher than today”

StarTalk · Jul 2023 · 1 episode · 104K views on this topic

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