Title:
QUANTITATIVE COMPARISONS OF GALILEO’S ERRONEOUS IDEAS ON THE TIDES

Authors:
Yeuncheol Jeong

Abstract:
Galileo’s explanations of tides in terms of Earth rotational and orbital motion around the Sun are erroneous. The actual tidal acceleration due to the differential gravitation by the Moon is calculated to be several orders of magnitude smaller than Earth’s rotational, orbital or center of mass motions.

Keywords:
History of Science, History of Physics, Tides, Differential Gravitation, Philosophy of Physics, Philosophy of Science

DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.52267/IJASER.2022.3303