When we jump, do we move the earth just a little bit because of the force we apply, just like the 3rd law of Newton states?

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When we jump, do we move the earth just a little bit because of the force we apply, just like the 3rd law of Newton states?

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No.

There is an equal and opposite reaction but there is the tinyest little bit of squish in the stuff that makes up the earth and it absorbs the force of the jump before the force can act on the whole planet.

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