Give Reasons for the Following:

Why does the moon not actually fall on the surface of the earth?

The moon never actually falls on the surface of earth.

Now, to understand this, we first need to understand the nature of the force between the moon and earth and also the movement of moon under this force.


So, the gravitational force is the force that acts between the earth and the moon and the moon moves in the circular orbital due to the centripetal force generated by the gravitational force. Similarly, earth and sun also experience this gravitational force between themselves.



So, yes moon does fall towards earth, but earth also moves in its orbit and covers more distance away from the moon relative to the distance covered by the moon. Hence, moon never falls on the surface of the earth.


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