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Gravitational pull is created by mass, but decreases exponentially with the distance between centers of mass. So although the Sun is much more massive, it is comparatively so much farther away that for any object sufficiently close to Earth, the Earth will exert a stronger force of attraction.

This allows the planet to retain its atmosphere and keeps objects on its surface, and keeps the Moon and artificial satellites in orbit. At some point closer to the Moon than to the Earth, the same effect makes lunar gravity greater than that of the Earth.

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