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the sun's gravity pulls the planets towards it but the other planet's gravity helps keep the planet not get sucked towards the sun. With gravity working this creates the planet to orbit the sun
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoGravity acts between the Sun and a planet, pulling the planet towards the Sun. The inertia of the planet would otherwise keep the planet moving in a straight line (Newton's first law of motion), at a tangent to its orbital path. The two factors combine to keep the planet in its curved (elliptical) orbital path.
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What force counteracts a planet's inertia and keeps the planet in its orbit?
Gravity counteracts this inertia, usually the gravity of a body much larger than itself.
What force is responsible for the orbit of the planet in the solar system?
That would be gravity and inertia.
Inertia makes a plant tend to travel in a straight line but what keeps it in orbit?
Gravity keeps a planet in orbit. Inertia tries to make the planet move in a straight line. The balance between the two makes the planet orbit a sun.
What forces act to hold a planet in orbit around the sun?
Gravity is the force that holds a planet in orbit around the sun. Inertia keeps the planets spinning.
How inertia and gravity combine to keep earth in orbit?
gravity and inertia combine to keep earth in orbit because the suns gravity keeps the earth in orbit and the inertia keeps the earth from going in a straight line.
What force counteracts a planet's inertia and keeps the planet in its orbit?
Gravity counteracts this inertia, usually the gravity of a body much larger than itself.
How do moons orbit the planets?
the planets do not orbit the moon but the moon orbits the planets because of gravity and inertia
What two factors keep a planet in orbit around the sun?
Gravity and inertia
What force is responsible for the orbit of the planet in the solar system?
That would be gravity and inertia.
What makes the plants orbit?
A planet's inertia and its interaction with the Sun's gravity make it orbit around the Sun.
Why do planet stay in their orbit?
The "inertia" of the moving planet combines with the force of gravity between the planet and the Sun, causing the planet to move in an orbit around the Sun. "Inertia" is basically the tendency for a moving body to move in a straight line unless acted upon by a force (such as gravity).
Inertia makes a plant tend to travel in a straight line but what keeps it in orbit?
Gravity keeps a planet in orbit. Inertia tries to make the planet move in a straight line. The balance between the two makes the planet orbit a sun.
What is the link between the suns gravity and the motion of a planet?
The Sun's gravity causes a planet to move in its orbit. The Sun's gravity provides a centripetal force. The effects of the Sun's gravity, combined with the planet's inertia (tendency to move in a straight line), results in a planet's elliptical orbit.
Which two forces of a result is the orbit of the planet?
Gravity, which pulls an object inward, and inertia, which resists gravity. They combine to form a more-or-less circular orbit.
What two factors combine to keep the planets in their orbits?
None do. If the forces on a planet were balanced, then it would take off in a straight line at constant speed, not remain in orbit. The only force acting on a planet is the gravitational one, that attracts the planet toward the sun. Fortunately, that's the only force required to keep the planet in orbit.
What forces act to hold a planet in orbit around the sun?
Gravity is the force that holds a planet in orbit around the sun. Inertia keeps the planets spinning.
How do gravity and inertia keep the planet in orbit around the sun?
inertia keeps the planets moving and spinning , and gravity is a force that attracts all objects toward each other.
