Assertion: tide | /r/CreatedBy | the moon
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text: Seleucus of Seleucia theorized around 150 BC that tides were caused by the Moon.
text: He correctly theorized that tides were caused by the moon, although he believed that the interaction was mediated by the pneuma.
text: Most people grow up thinking that the tides are caused by the moon, and indeed that gravitational 'pull' of the moon is a major factor, as is the gravitational effect of the sun but there is another major factor, which is less often mentioned, and that is the force created by the rotation of the earth itself.
text: The theory that tides were caused by the moon was introduced in 150 BC by Seleucus of Seleucia.