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It doesn't. Charon is much too far away to be influenced by Earth's gravity. Charon is gravitationally bound to Pluto, but technically does not orbit it. Because Charon is fairly massive compared to Pluto the two object orbit around their common center of mass, which lies outside of Pluto.

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