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The moon is slowly moving away from the earth. What will eventually happen to the gravitational pull force between the earth and the moon? Why?

The moon is slowly moving away from the earth. What will eventually happen to the gravitational pull force between the earth and the moon? Why?
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The moon is slowly moving away from the earth. What will eventually happen to the gravitational pull force between the earth and the moon? Why?

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The gravitational pull will reduce, because the moon is moving further away from the centre of the earth. In other words, the further an object is from the centre of the earth, the weaker the gravitational pull that will be exerted on it. 
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