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If you jump off of a ledge and accelerate toward the Earth, the Earth will accelerate toward you at the

same time due to Newton’s Third Law. Why don’t we see the Earth move in this situati
on?



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Answer:

Newton's Third Law of Motion states that to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. When the earth pushes on you to send you into the air after jumping, you also push on the earth with the same force. The earth would therefore move a ridiculously small amount when you jump. To move the earth a noticeable amount, you would need a bigger force, such as a collision with another planet. Even though you have, in principle, moved the earth, the mutual gravitational attraction between you and the earth would quickly bring you back together again. You fall back to the earth and the earth falls back to you, and once you are reunited, any displacement of the earth that you might have created is gone.

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