If the moon attracts the earth, why does the earth not move towards the moon? Solution:

Asked by Shivani Kumari | 2 years ago |  239

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Solution :-

According to universal law of gravitation and Newton third law, we all know that the force of attraction between 2 objects is same however in wrong way. So the planet attracts the moon with the identical force because the moon exerts on earth however in opposite directions. Since earth is far larger in size than moon, that the acceleration cannot be detected on earth surface.

Answered by Vishal kumar | 2 years ago

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