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According to Newton's law of gravitation, every object attracts every other object.
Thus, if the earth attract an apple towards itself, the apple also attracts the earth towards itself with the same force. Why then does the apple fall toward the earth, but the earth does not move towards the apple ?

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The earth the and the apple move towards each other, but the magnitude of the displacement of the earth is negligible relative to that of the apple. Also the observer is located on the earth.
[Note : The mass of the earth is far greater than that of an apple. Hence, the magnitude of the acceleration of the earth is negligible relative to that of the apple.]
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