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Old 28-10-2007, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by wasyoungonce View Post
And because the moon has mass it has gravity, thus the earth is accelerating (falling) towards the moon as well.

But at a much lower rate than the moon to the earth, because of their difference in respective masses.

Makes for interesting orbits.
That's right, the Earth and Moon orbit around their centre of mass.
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