The earth attracts the moon. Does the moon also attract the earth ? If it does, why does the
earth not move towards the moon ?

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Solution

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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