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Because of gravity. The moon is held in place in its orbit by the gravity of the Earth pulling it towards us. At the same time, the motion of the moon around the Earth is trying to fling it out into space. The two forces cancel each other out, and thus they simply 'float' in space. The same rules apply to the Earth revolving around the Sun.

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