The Earth and the Moon

Children's Educational Center of Oradea, Romania
February 16-th, 2012

Although the Moon is much smaller than Earth, it still has an influence on it. Just as Earth's gravity pulls on the Moon, the gravity on the Moon pulls on Earth, stretching it into a slight ovoid. This affects the land and makes the oceans and seas bulge on either side of Earth, producing tides along coastlines.