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Earth, Moon and High Tide

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If the earth attracts the moon. why does the moon not move towards the earth?

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Earth and moon both apply gravitational force on each other. The earth has very large mass than the moon hence its pull is more than that of moon. This is the reason why earth does not move towards the moon instead pull moon towards it.

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