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FIG. 01A QUESTION OF GRAVITY
Why doesn’t the Moon fall?The Moon does fall toward Earth. Its sideways velocity carries it forward while gravity bends its path into an orbit. The yellow arrow shows velocity, tangent to the circular orbit; the red arrow shows gravity, toward Earth. The diagram is not to scale.It is falling.It just keeps missing.EARTHour point of referencevgMOONA CONTINUOUS FREE FALLSCHEMATIC · NOT TO SCALE
Falling. And always missing.VelocityGravity
FIG. 01 / A QUESTION OF GRAVITY
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