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16-03-2017
Physics

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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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DaltonPro DaltonPro

16-03-2017

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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