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the sun attracts the moon with a greater force than the earth does....

then why does the moon orbit around the earth....

question from univerity physics

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22 Aug 2009 14:08:26 IST

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Two forces at work here --- earth's gravity tries to pull the moon down to it, but at the same time the moon has its own speed through space that's trying to hurl it outward away from earth. The two forces almost counteract each other, so the moon simply goes round and round. However, the moon is gradually moving farther away from us --- about 1.5 inches per year.

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22 Aug 2009 18:19:18 IST

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The moon is much more nearer to earth as compared to sun therefore the moon revoles around the earth........therefore it is influenced more by Earths force rather than suns force.........

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22 Aug 2009 22:54:02 IST

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jessica ur answer is wrong consider uranus it is much nearer to jupiter so it should revolve ariund jupiter but it doesnt happen................. this is ou of question....... for NO the force of sun is very much more than the earth and even if it is slightly more than why is the cntre of the earth at earth.... u just told moon is moving away from the earth...... but why earth why nt sun....

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24 Aug 2009 13:11:15 IST

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what happened ...yaar no one has the ability to solve

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25 Aug 2009 01:11:20 IST

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Maybe the moon moves under a resultant force. And is the energy conserved while it does revolve around the earth?

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25 Aug 2009 01:24:41 IST

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yaa question is correct but not getting any logic,,,,,its not any physical reason,.,,just the fault of origin,,,ab chanda mama dharti mata ke aas paas ghumte hue paida hue to suraj babu ka chakkar ku lagayenge................paida hi chakkar lagate hue liya hai earth ke around sab enrgy momentum...idhar earth ke pas hi conserve rahta hai...

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