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You know there is a gravitationnal attraction between Earth and Moon, because the latter orbits the former.

The fact Moon doesn't fall tells us the gravitationnal force that attracts it to the Earth is compensated by the "force" created by Moon's velocity that pushes the Moon away from the Earth (centrifugal force)

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