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If M is the mass of Earth, then the mass...

If M is the mass of Earth, then the mass of the moon is about `M//80` and the mass of the sun is about 330,000 M. If R is the distance between Earth and the moon, then the distance between Earth and the sun is about 400R. So, which exerts a greater gravitational force on the Earth : the moon or the sun ?

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