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  • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.clubtoxkcd@lemmy.worldxkcd #3135: Sea Level
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    20 hours ago

    Well, tides on moons (eg around gassy supergiants :)) are fairly usual.

    So perhaps it’s not as much as the tides being “sci-fi” (sci??) but the relative size of Earth’s Moon (it’s basically a binary planet situation where they orbit around each other).

    So, the sheer size of our moon as seen from the planet’s surface is the rarity.
    (Then again, on a moon around a supergiant the same experience could be had from one tiny beings pov.)