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What causes the Moon to orbit around the Earth?

What causes the Moon to orbit around the Earth?
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What causes the Moon to orbit around the Earth?

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It is the gravitational attraction that causes the moon to orbit around the Earth.
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it is the gravitational attraction of the earth on the moon. due to the moon's velocity, the earth keeps pulling the moon towards it without the moon actually getting closer to the earth. plz say thx
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