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The moon doesn't fall to earth because of it's friction?​

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I think No since the gravitational force of earth is not eneogh to pull moon to it

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The Moon does not fall towards Earth right now because Earth rotates itself. The energy from the Earth's own rotation around its axis is gradually tranferred into energy of the Moon's orbital motion. That's why the Earth's rotating speed decreases but the distance to the Moon increases.

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