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Gamma ray bursts such as Swift J1644+57 occasionally turn out to be “disruption events” named for this phenomenon (10[1])that occur near supermassive black holes. (10[1])The heating rate due to this process is proportional to a body’s second-order Love number. (10[1])This phenomenon between interacting galaxies generates the “tails” in the Tadpole (10[1])and (10[1])Antenna galaxies. (10[1])This phenomenon is primarily responsible for hypothetical “eyeball planets.” (10[2])The strength of this phenomenon (10[1])has an inverse cubic dependence on distance (-5[1])and exceeds (10[1])a body’s (10[1])internal gravitational (10[1])binding (10[1])beyond the Roche (“rohsh”) limit. (10[2]-5[1])Satellites (10[1]-5[1])whose rotational period (10[1]-5[1])equals their orbital (10[1])period exhibit a “locking” named for this phenomenon. (10[3]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this phenomenon that causes sea levels (10[1])to (10[1])oscillate due to the position of the moon. (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

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