
Does The Moon Really Orbit The Earth?
Season 3 Episode 28 | 2m 44s
What holds the moon up? Moonbeams!
According to Newton's law of gravitation, the sun should "pull" way harder on the moon than the Earth does. So does the moon actually orbit the Earth? Why?
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Does The Moon Really Orbit The Earth?
Season 3 Episode 28 | 2m 44s
According to Newton's law of gravitation, the sun should "pull" way harder on the moon than the Earth does. So does the moon actually orbit the Earth? Why?
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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