Tides: Crash Course Astronomy #8

Today Phil explores the world of tides! What is the relationship between tides and gravity? How do planets and their moons become tidally locked? What would happen if you were 300km tall? Important questions. -- Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse -- Gravity Over Distance 0:44 Tidal Force Parameters 1:35 Battle of the Bulges 2:55 Tidal Lock 6:17 -- PBS Digital Studios: http://youtube.com/pbsdigitalstudios Follow Phil on Twitter: https://twitter.com/badastronomer Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse Tumblr - http://thecrashcourse.tumblr.com Support CrashCourse on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse -- PHOTO/VIDEO CREDITS Photo & video credit: "NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio" http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=4236 Photo credit: "NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio" https://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/8556665115/in/photostream/ http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=1333 The Hopewell Rocks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnDJ6...