Earth tide reason, it is believed that many of the exoplanets are captured in higher spin-orbit resonances with their host stars. Earth tide Earth tide (also known as solid Earth tide, crustal tide, body tide, bodily tide or land tide) is the displacement of the solid earth's surface caused by the gravity of the Moon and Sun. Its main component has meter-level amplitude at periods of about 12 hours and longer. The largest body tide constituents are semi-diurnal, but there are also significant diurnal, semi-annual, and fortnightly contributions. Though the gravitational forcing causing earth tides and ocean tides is the same, the
Earth, Sun, Moon Moon" featured Love and Rockets' first hit, "No New Tale to Tell". The song reached number 18 on the US Mainstream Rock chart. A flurry of recording activity bridges "Earth, Sun, Moon" to the self-titled album that followed just over a year later. The punched-up 1988 single version of "Mirror People", released as a follow-up to "No New Tale to Tell", can be found on 2003's hits collection "Sorted! The Best of Love and Rockets", while the extended "Mirror People ‘88 (Full Length Version)" can be found on disc 5 of 2013's "5 Albums" CD box set. The B-side of