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Mass of the moon is 1/81 of the earth but gravitational pull is 1/6 of the earth . It is due to the fact that

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Radius of the moon is 81/6 of the earth

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Radius of the Earth is `sqrt(81/6)` of the moon

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Moon is the satellite of the earth

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