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Over millions of years the moon is moving further away from the earth what will happen to the gravitational attraction between the moon and the earth as the moon gets further away?
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∙ 13y ago
As the moon gets further and further away, the gravitational force between the Earth and the Moon decreases. Because the Moon is not being attracted but being pushed away from the Earth. If the gravitational force would have increased, the moon would come closer and closer to the Earth.
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∙ 13y ago
Sohail Iqbal
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∙ 11y agoIts slowly weakening the gravitational force between them.
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