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The problem is, when an object orbit (like moon orbit around the earth, and earth orbit around the sun, and the sun orbit around the universe) the relative speed to the master and slave is 0. That is the reason why the moon will not be out of Earth Orbit, and the Earth will not be out of the Sun orbit and the Sun will not be out of the Milky Way orbit. The gravitational pull is cancelled out.
Because if this is the other case, then the net movement of earth is positive or negative, and the relative speed is NOT cancelled out, the earth would have spin out of its orbit long ago and we would all be dead right now.
Movement and Orbit are two different concept. That is the point. And that is why we constantly see the moon at night after the sun, because their speed against the earth is unchanged when the earth rotate back to the same spot and finish a rotation (ie a day), otherwise the moon would not all over the place and most importantly of all, will not be in earth's orbit, and it would have been long gone, which basically violate the newton 3rd law of motion.
If the relative speed between 2 object is 0, then the objects did not move wrt each other. as Movement require a greater than 0 vector, while orbiting (a kind of circular motion) did not.
CORRECTION : I should say "That's why you can always see the moon"
Movement and orbit are two different thing. But just because an object in orbit does not mean that it’s not moving or not in motion. They are only in motionless relative to another object such as a geostationary satellite in “perfect” geostationary orbit. But both are still moving.
This is like two cars moving at 100 miles an hour next to each other. These two cars are next to each other and are static when compare to one another. But both are still moving in reality. Just like our sun and solar system and even our whole galaxy is moving and intercepting Andromeda.
As for the moon, the earth tides are pushing it away gradually. And eventually, it will leave the earths orbit if you give it enough time. So technically, there is no such thing as an infinite orbit. Only the short life span of men and even human existence that we regard planetary orbits as constant.