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According to the articles I've read, a planet's tides are affected by the proximity of its moon. However, I've found little to help my research on how a planet similar to Earth in size and gravitational pull would be affected if it had one moon like ours plus a broken moon, farther away, in our orbit such as in H.G.Wells "The Time Machine" And, is it right to assume that a moon while the same size as the first moon but farther away, would have little affect on a planet's tides? (that'd make two whole moons and one broken)
Re: How would a planet like Earth be affected by two moons when one is broken?
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