Why do the moon go around the earth instead of the earth going around the moon?

Answer 1

-- The earth and moon both orbit their "common center of mass" ... the point

between them where the pivot of the see-saw would have to be in order for

them to balance each other.

-- Since the earth's mass is about 80 times as much as the moon's mass, that

point has to be 80 times farther from the center of the moon than it is from the

center of the earth.

-- The result is that their "common center of mass" is actually inside the earth.

So if you're watching the pair from the outside and you're not measuring too

closely, you'd swear that the moon is going around the earth, and you wouldn't

notice that the earth is also slightly wiggling.

-- By the way ... People often ask "Does the moon orbit the sun or the earth ?"

That "common center of mass" of the earth-moon pair is actually the thing that's

in orbit around the sun, while the earth and moon are both orbiting it.

Answer 2

well first of all, the proper way to ask this question is "why does the Earth revolve/rotate around the Moon instead of the Moon revolving around Earth? " my answer [which is in my opinion ]

the answer is that the Earth's gravitational pull makes the Earth orbit around the moon. but if you needed a simple answer that answer would be that God made it that way when he created the universe. i <3 earth < Peace dudes!>

Answer 3

The moon orbits the Earth because of the gravitational pull between the two bodies. Earth's gravity keeps the moon in its orbit, while the moon's gravity also affects Earth, causing tides. The Earth is much larger and has more mass, so it remains the central body around which the moon orbits.

Answer 4

Because we have telescopes to watch the moon. we have also been outside of earth and we know the moon revolves around the earth.