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8 June, 00:19

Earth exerts a gravitational force on the moon. why doesn't the force of gravity pull the moon into the earth?

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  1. 8 June, 02:24
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    The moon is orbiting the Earth so the moon's acceleration is towards the Earth but its velocity is in tangent to the Earth. Therefore the moon is in a constant free fall around the Earth instead of getting pulled toward Earth it orbits around it.
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