Monday, February 1, 2010

Additional fact about the orbit!

According to Newton, every particle of mass attracts each other particle of mass. Since the moon and the earth attract each other, the center of the orbitis not the center of the earth! The earth therefore rotates around itself while the moon rotates around  the earth. Look at this pricture:
Attributions: Thanks to wikipedia.org for these materials

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