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Hi. I'm totally new to this forum because I am not seeing what I would refer to as 'logic' on wiki.
I'll make this one easy for someone! Can anyone direct me to a website which might clearly explain the following statement:
"The Sun's gravitational pull on the Moon is over twice as great as the Earth's pull on the Moon": copied from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit_of_the_Moon
Surely a low density and relatively small (distant) attractor such as our Sun, have a lesser pull than a high density, relatively large (close) object such as our Earth on our Moon? otherwise the Moon would not be in Earth's orbit but rather, falling out of our orbit and toward the sun. Isn't that why the Moon has a huge tidal effect on our oceans but the Sun has bugger-all? Doesn't a rock and feather fall toward an attractor at the same rate in a vacuum!
Cheers.
Tony V
I'll make this one easy for someone! Can anyone direct me to a website which might clearly explain the following statement:
"The Sun's gravitational pull on the Moon is over twice as great as the Earth's pull on the Moon": copied from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit_of_the_Moon
Surely a low density and relatively small (distant) attractor such as our Sun, have a lesser pull than a high density, relatively large (close) object such as our Earth on our Moon? otherwise the Moon would not be in Earth's orbit but rather, falling out of our orbit and toward the sun. Isn't that why the Moon has a huge tidal effect on our oceans but the Sun has bugger-all? Doesn't a rock and feather fall toward an attractor at the same rate in a vacuum!
Cheers.
Tony V