I was thinking about how a neutral conductor that is near a charged object has a charge imbalance induced in it - charges opposite those of the nearby object bunch nearest the charged object, and the opposite side of the neutral body is left with a region charged the same as the charged object.
It seems sort of like how the moon causes tides in the earth's oceans, with one high tide on the side of the earth nearest the moon and another high tide on the opposite side of the earth. Is this just a chance similarity, or are there any deeper principles that connect these two behaviors?
It seems sort of like how the moon causes tides in the earth's oceans, with one high tide on the side of the earth nearest the moon and another high tide on the opposite side of the earth. Is this just a chance similarity, or are there any deeper principles that connect these two behaviors?