query: What is the outward force on the Moon that makes it go in orbit rather that falling straight to the Earth?
positive_passages.docid: 3617
positive_passages.text: Why doesn't the Moon fall onto the Earth?
negative_passages.docid: 15425
negative_passages.text: Equivalence principle question
negative_passages.docid: 155135
negative_passages.text: How fast does the electrostatic force travel?
negative_passages.docid: 104584
negative_passages.text: Why is potential energy negative when orbiting in a gravitational field?
negative_passages.docid: 153233
negative_passages.text: Why is the Moon considered the major cause of tides, even though it is weaker than the Sun?
negative_passages.docid: 53253
negative_passages.text: What force acts on a small piece of a free, spinning ring?
negative_passages.docid: 106274
negative_passages.text: What's the weight of the earth?
negative_passages.docid: 130942
negative_passages.text: What counter balances gravity here?
negative_passages.docid: 47073
negative_passages.text: How does Newtonian mechanics explain why orbiting objects do not fall to the object they are orbiting?
negative_passages.docid: 84740
negative_passages.text: Could we send a man safely to the Moon in a rocket without knowledge of general relativity?
negative_passages.docid: 63700
negative_passages.text: Why doesn't an orbiting body keep accelerating?
negative_passages.docid: 51472
negative_passages.text: Do the Earth and I apply the same gravitational force on each other in GR?
negative_passages.docid: 20981
negative_passages.text: Why is Earth's gravity stronger at the poles?
negative_passages.docid: 125156
negative_passages.text: Projectile/orbital motion over very long distance
negative_passages.docid: 113309
negative_passages.text: Why has Earth's core not become solid?
negative_passages.docid: 138592
negative_passages.text: How to find the force of the compression at the core of a planet?
negative_passages.docid: 57667
negative_passages.text: Escape velocity from Earth