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FIG. 03 · MOON

Why doesn’t the Moon fall on us?

Live numbers

Launch speed 2.0 km/s
The ball ?
Landed after ?now
1 lap ?
Falls each second ?
Sideways each second ?
Moon lap ?

Grown-up numbers

Pull from Earth 100%
NASA says 27.3 days
Speed for a circle up here 7.7 km/s
Slowest speed that misses 7.55 km/s
Orbit speed at the ground 7.9 km/s
Escape speed up here 10.9 km/s
Escape speed at the ground 11.19 km/s
Moon speed, our model 1.018 km/s
Moon speed, NASA 1.022 km/s