Give reason: $A$ stone falls towards the earth,but the earth does not rise towards the stone.

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(N/A) $(i)$ According to Newton's law of universal gravitation,every object in the universe attracts every other object with a force that is proportional to the product of their masses.
$(ii)$ The earth exerts a gravitational force on the stone,causing it to accelerate towards the earth.
$(iii)$ The stone also exerts an equal and opposite gravitational force on the earth.
$(iv)$ However,due to the extremely large mass of the earth compared to the stone,the acceleration produced in the earth is negligible,making its motion towards the stone imperceptible.

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