4 ms·I don't see how my ELI5 disagrees with the wikipedia article.by willis936 7mo agoI don't see how my ELI5 disagrees with the wikipedia article.anlsh 7mo agowikipedia's explanation works for uniform bodies, yours doesn't. And since tidal bulges seem to be symmetric, there's no away to explain away the deformation as making one side heavierwillis936 7mo agoI don't think their explanation works for uniform bodies.