Question Motion during the gravitational force between two different sized of planets (Earth and moon)

[nmusukha5551]

If there is only a gravitational force between two body so why asteroid can collide to the planet but moon can't touch?

 

[Helio]

The Moon is circling the Earth at about 3,700 kph, but if it were to stop we would all become a very flat Moon Pie.

 

[Dave643]

If there is only a gravitational force between two body so why asteroid can collide to the planet but moon can't touch?

As the other post said the moons orbit holds the moon at a distance just like we orbit satellites around earth. It balances gravity out with forward speed.
While asteroids can get effected by the gravity of earth and the moon to pull it into a crash. As they are traveling around in free space interacting with all the gravity producing objects in our solar system.

View: https://youtu.be/zjjL9yaFrFc

so imagine the asteroid is the earth in this video.
And the moons orbit works just how the earths and the suns does, in this video forward speed balances out gravity’s effect.

 

[nmusukha5551]

The Moon is circling the Earth at about 3,700 kph, but if it were to stop we would all become a very flat Moon Pie.

Your right sir.thank you

 

[nmusukha5551]

Thank you for giving interesting knowledge. Thank you sir