If the moon attracts the earth, the earth does not move towards the moon due to

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larger mass of the earth

smaller mass of the earth

Equal mass of the earth and moon

much larger mass of the moon

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The earth does not move towards the moon due to the larger mass of the earth.
According to the law of gravitation, “every particle attracts every other particle in the universe with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centres.” The earth and the moon have equal gravitational pulls on each other. However, the earth's mass is much larger than the moon's mass. Therefore, the acceleration of the earth towards the moon is negligible. As a result, the earth does not move toward the moon.

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