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If the moon suddenly disappeared, hypothetically of course, would Earth begin a movement towards the sun?

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If the moon suddenly disappeared, hypothetically of course, would Earth begin a movement towards the sun?

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I don’t believe so, because the mass of the moon is quite small compared to the earth, and since the earth began orbiting the sun before the moon was created, the motion of the earth should not be affected significantly

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