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When a stone falls, it attract the earth just as the earth attracts the stone. But it is only the stone that falls, the earth does not rise up. Give reason?

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Mass of the earth (M) is far greater than that of stone (m). So the acceleration acquired by earth is lesser and that by the stone is greater.
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