The Moon is kept in orbit, according to these ideas, because it rolls along a valley in the curved environment that the Sun and the Moon and the Earth can all create by virtue of their presence.
Saskaņā ar šīm idejām, Mēness noturas orbītā, jo tas ripo pa ieliektas vides iedobi, ko tik vien kā ar savu klātbūtni ir radījusi Saule, Mēness un Zeme.