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Why does an objects gets attracted towards moon when it leaves the earth's gravitational field?
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∙ 14y ago
The moon orbits Earth because it is held there by Earth's gravity. The moon is going fast enough that it won't hit Earth, but at the same time is being pulled back in at the same rate it flies away. The same is true for why Earth itself doesn't fly into the sun.
the sun is MUCH MUCH MUCH further away than the earth is, so it is attracted to earth because the difference in size and gravity favour the earth. If it was to be attracted to the sun, the sun would need to be bigger or closer (both of which it is doing at aconstant rate, but very gradually over a long perios of time)
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoan object gets attracted towards the moon when it leaves earth's gravitational field because earth gravity acts only under the earths gravitational field and when an object crosses it it gets attracted towards the moon becausse it hereby enters the moon gravity.
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