Why doesn’t the moon just drift off into space and form its own orbit around the sun if the sun is the biggest object in our solar system?

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asked Oct 2, 2021 22.4k views

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Zakwan · Answer 1 · 2021-10-02T21:16:32+0000

Distance also plays a significant part in gravity, so since the moon is closer to the Earth the gravity is stronger between them.