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The effects of thegalactictideare quite complex, and depend heavily on the behaviour of individual objects within a planetary system.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Galactic tides demonstrate the same processes on a far grander scale.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Gravitational interaction with nearby stars and galactic tides modified cometary orbits to make them more circular.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, at the outer reaches of the system, the star's gravity is weak and galactic tides may be significant.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Two large galaxies undergoing collisions or passing nearby each other will be subjected to very large tidal forces, often producing the most visually striking demonstrations of galactic tides in action.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These include, controversially, such proposals as galactic tides with the potential to induce cometary impacts or even cold bodies of dark matter that pass through organisms and induce genetic mutations.
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