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The earth is slowing down and as a result the moon is coming nearer to it.
The angular momentum of the earth-moon system is not conserved.

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If the both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion

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If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

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If assertion is true but reason is false

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If both assertion and reason are false statements.

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One of the basic requirement of the existence of all planetary motions is the conservation of angular momentum. If this law is violated , then no gravitational law will be able to explain the behaviour of the planets and the satellites as they do.
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