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What makes the moon revolve around the earth is or the pushing force exerted on the moon by the Earth?
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∙ 15y ago
Earth has gravity and tends to pull the moon. Moon in its trun has its own gravity and tends to pull the Earth. Due to pulling by both Earth & Moon, the present status quo (distance) is maintained. Like all planets in the Solar System, Earth rotates on its Axis. Due to rotation, the lines of attraction between Earth & Moon is broken and this makes the Moon move around the Earth (we can imagine earth & moon as very large magnets and we all know that we can move 1 magnet with the help of another without physical contact through the use of magentic force). As the gravitational force is always constant, the Moon is always held in place in a circular orbit and the same face of the moon is towards the earth. The present position of moon makes it possible to revolve around the earth once in about 29 days. If it were to be farther away, the time for 1 revolution would have been more than 29 days and vice versa. Now let us imagine a mother sitting on the ground and her small child going around her always holding her for support. The face of the child is always towards the Mother and the back of the child can never be seen. I feel this is what is happening in case of earth and moon. 1 face of the moon is always towards the earth and we can say that moon only revolves around the earth. As is generally believed, if moon had taken 29 days for 1 rotation, that we should have seen the other face of the moon after 14.5 days. Thus it can be inferred that moon only revolves around the Earth and the driving force is the action of earth's rotation on its axis. K.Vishwanath, Bangalore India
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Why does the earth revolve around the sun once a year?
The gravitational attraction of the sun causes the earth to revolve around the sun once a year.
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