ok its because its in the Earth's gravitational field. The Earth and the moon are attracting each other, the net effect is that the moon is pulled toward earth. Always falling... the reason it doesn't hit is because the moon is constantly moving at a given orbit velocity. this makes the moon...
lol yes your right but i was looking for more of a push in the right direction. I could find the distance by using data from past eclipses like Hipparchus did.. then can i say its orbit is a circle and use geometry to get its distance traveled over time? My big question is how could i approach...
Im doing a school project where we need to come up with an accurate way to measure the moons orbital velocity with an experiment...
My plan was to find the radius of the moons orbit, then its period, and based on a distance over time find its velocity. However i realize I am making a serious...