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Does it take energy (in joules) to keep the moon in orbit around the Earth?
If energy is force times distance and I use the Newtonian formula to calculate the force between the earth and the moon
$$ F=\frac{G m_1 m_2}{r^2} , $$
then multiply it by the circumference of the ...
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