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How does the moon go around earth?

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In an ellipse. Sometimes it is slightly nearer to the Earth, sometimes farther. The Moon takes about 27 1/2 days to go once around Earth.

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The Earth and Moon orbit their common center of mass because

of the gravitational forces that attract them to each other.

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