So how does Newton explain the moon not crashing into Earth? It's inertia is what is keeping it going?
Why then (from either N or E's perspective) do some orbits decay? The thing is not going fast enough to overcome the pull of gravity I suspect?
03-01-2017 02:38 PM
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So how does Newton explain the moon not crashing into Earth? It's inertia is what is keeping it going? | |