Does the Moon revolve around the Earth friction and hat is the force that causes the moon to revolve around the Earth?
Respected Sir
Rk Naresh
The Moon revolves around the Earth primarily due to the gravitational force of attraction between the Earth and the Moon. This force is responsible for keeping the Moon in its orbit around the Earth.
Here's a breakdown of how this works:
Tidal friction resulted in a synchronous orbit with the moon, meaning that the moon takes the exact same amount of time to rotate around the Earth as it does to rotate on its own axis. Another impact is slightly slowing down the rotation of Earth on its axis. Moon revolves around the Earth because of Earth’s gravitational pull. The moon exists in the vacuum of space, so there is essentially no force that stops it from moving in and around the earth. The reason for the moon's revolution around earth is the gravitational force that prevents the moon from floating away in space. The moon revolving round the earth in circular orbit is held by the gravitational force of the earth exerted on the moon.Gravitational force exerted by the earth on the moon provides the necessary centripetal force required for the moon to orbit the earth. The moon's velocity and distance from Earth allow it to make a perfect balance between fall and escape. In case the velocity of rotation of the moon was a little bit faster, it would have escaped the Earth's Gravity. On the other hand, if it's a little bit slower, it would have fallen on Earth.
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