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  • 03-12-2020
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If the sun is so massive, why does the Earth have a greater pull on the moon than
the sun does?

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  • 03-12-2020

Answer:

Even though the sun is much more massive and therefore has stronger overall gravity than the moon, the moon is closer to the earth so that its gravitational gradient is stronger than that of the sun

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