Question

Gamma ray bursts such as Swift J1644+57 occasionally turn out to be “disruption events” named for this phenomenon (10[1])that occur near supermassive black holes. (10[1])The heating rate due to this process is proportional to a body’s second-order Love number. (10[1])This phenomenon between interacting galaxies generates the “tails” in the Tadpole (10[1])and (10[1])Antenna galaxies. (10[1])This phenomenon is primarily responsible for hypothetical “eyeball planets.” (10[2])The strength of this phenomenon (10[1])has an inverse cubic dependence on distance (-5[1])and exceeds (10[1])a body’s (10[1])internal gravitational (10[1])binding (10[1])beyond the Roche (“rohsh”) limit. (10[2]-5[1])Satellites (10[1]-5[1])whose rotational period (10[1]-5[1])equals (10[1])their orbital (10[1])period exhibit a “locking” named for this phenomenon. (10[3]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name (-5[1])this phenomenon that causes sea levels (10[1])to (10[1])oscillate due to the position of the moon. (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: tides [or tidal forces; accept tidal locking or tidal tails or tidal heating or tidal disruption events]
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Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%79.67
Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%113.00
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%64.67
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%20%86.40
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%61.00
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%69.00
Southeast2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%100.00
UK2025-02-01Y1080%0%30%95.38

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
John John GrogerWashU BChicago C1710
John MarvinChicago AIllinois B2310
Matthew WangUBCUW B3810
Shiv SeshanCambridge BBristol4910
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame APurdue5010
Arya KarthikOxford ALSE5210
Ezra SantosChicago BWashU A6110
Athena ShaddenTexas AASU6110
Rohan ShelkeUC Berkeley BUCSD6610
Diego Duque de EstradaMissoui S&TIndiana A73-5
Linus LuuCambridge DImperial B7510
Viraj NegandhiTexas BTAMU7710
Sriram KoritalaIllinois CIllinois A7910
Matt SchiavoneNorthwestern ANorthwestern B8010
Nicholas NguyenFlorida BFlorida State A84-5
Brielle RachIowaGeorgetown B8410
Catherine WelchUW AAlberta8410
Kaiser XiaoUCLAClaremont A8510
Allan LeeStanford BNotre Dame B85-5
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AClaremont B8810
Jacob PriceSheffieldOxford C88-5
Oscar DespardCambridge ACambridge C8910
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech BLouisville A9110
Braden BoothMissouriIndiana B9910
Will SandersNotre Dame CGeorgetown A9910
Jack LewisBruin AGeorgia Tech D9910
Cormac StephensonSouthampton AWarwick B99-5
Leo LawFlorida AUCF B10210
Justin LeeImperial AManchester103-5
Alex AkridgeIndiana AMissoui S&T10910
Danny TranTennessee AAlabama A11010
Clete ReinbergerValencia AUCF C11810
Samuel StellaFlorida State AFlorida B11910
Max KoldaNotre Dame BStanford B11910
Tobin PayneWarwick BSouthampton A11910
Benjamin LiuOxford CSheffield11910
Antoni KluzowskiWarwick ASouthampton B12910
Louis CameronCambridge EDurham13110
Kai MadgwickManchesterImperial A1320
Matt SheldonOxford BNYU C1320
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU COxford B1320