ISBN: | 978-5-5143-7142-6 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A galactic tide is a tidal force experienced by objects subject to the gravitational field of a galaxy such as the Milky Way. Particular areas of interest concerning galactic tides include galactic collisions, the disruption of dwarf or satellite galaxies, and the Milky Way`s tidal effect on the hypothesized Oort cloud of the Solar System.