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That's the mutual force of gravitation (gravity) between the Earth and the Moon. This, combined with the Moon's velocity (its inertia), results in the orbital path that the Moon follows.
Clarissa Nitzsche
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∙ 13y agoThe force of gravity keeps the moon in orbit around the Earth.
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Why can the moon not escape from the earth?
The earth is six times more massive than the moon. That keeps the moon in orbit around it, just as the mass of the sun keeps the earth in orbit around it.
What keeps the moon in its orbit around the moon?
The balance between the inertia of the Moon and the gravitational pull keeps the moon in orbit with Earth.
What is the major that keeps the moon in orbit around earth?
gravity
What is the role of gravity in earth?
Gravity keeps things together here on Earth. It keeps the Earth together in the first place, and it keeps us on Earth. It keeps the Earth in orbit around the Sun, and it keeps the Moon in orbit around Earth.
What is the major force that keeps the moon in its orbit around earth?
Its Axis
What is the major force that keeps the moon in its orbit around earth'?
Its Axis
What keeps the earth in orbit around the sun and moon in orbit around earth?
The force of gravity and the inertia of the Earth (as it orbits the Sun). Also, gravity combined with the inertia of the Moon (as it orbits the Earth).
What keeps the moon in orbit around earth and earth in orbit around the sun?
The force of gravity and the inertia of the Earth (as it orbits the Sun). Also, gravity combined with the inertia of the Moon (as it orbits the Earth).
Why does the pull of gravity keeps the moon in orbit around the earth?
they have butts in the space
why was gravity made or like thought of?
it holds the planets that orbit around the sun and what keeps the moon in orbit around the Earth
How is the moon affected by the earth?
The Earth's gravity keeps the moon in orbit.
What does gravity have to do with the sun and the moon?
Gravity is what keeps the Moon in orbit around the Earth and also what keeps the Earth-Moon system in orbit around the Sun. It is also the force that tries to contract the Sun leading to the immense pressures in its core which is required for nuclear fusion.
