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

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the Earth and the moon experience equal gravitational forces from each other However , the mass of the Earth is much larger than the mass of the moon, Hence , it accelerates at a rate lesser than the acceleration rate of the moon towards the Earth ,For this reason , the does not move towards the moon .

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