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The gravitational pull of the sun keeps the planets in orbits...

Although some people think it is magnetism....

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What force kept the planets moving in their orbits about the sun?

inertia


Which scientists determined the nature of the forces that kept the planets in their orbits?

newton


How are planet's kept in orbit?

planets are in orbit because of the suns gravitational field chupa naman diyan Planets are kept in their orbits by gravitational forces.


Which scientist discovered that it was the pull of the suns gravitational attraction that kept the planets in their orbits?

It was Nicholas Copernicus. who discovered that the sun keeps the planets one Their orbit.


How does Gravity affect your planets?

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What is the main difference between the orbits of the inner and outer planets?

The planets revolve in elliptical orbits. The inner planets have orbits 230 million km or less from the Sun. The outer planets have orbits 775 million km or greater.


What force is responible for the orbits of the planets in the solar system?

Gravity from the Sun holds the planets in their orbits.


What are the four planets that have orbits from most to least?

All the planets have orbits so four cannot be picked out.


What of the planets are ellipses?

their orbits


Do moons and asteroids orbit the sun?

Asteroids orbit the sun. Moons orbit planets and planets orbit the sun. So you could say the moons orbit the sun. However, moons are kept in their orbits by the gravity of their planet and planets are kept in orbit by the gravity of the sun. So in that sense, moons do not orbit the sun.


What conditions is experienced when the moon and the planets of the solar system are kept in their orbit?

This question is nonsense. There is no need to "keep" the moon and planets in their orbits; the laws of physics ensure they stay there. The "conditions"... well, look around you. They're in their orbits now, so the current "conditions" must be the ones which apply when they are.


Why planets and moons of planets stay in their orbits?

The forces of gravity between two masses are the cause of all orbits.