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How do planets float in midair?

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Anonymous

7y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Planets do not float, and space is a virtual vacuum, not air, with its many gas molecules tenuously distributed over large distances.*

Planets move very rapidly as they orbit stars like the Sun, with extremely little resistance compared to objects moving in an atmosphere. The gravitational effect of other planets is the main influence on their movement, and even this is seldom sufficient to overcome the attraction of the Sun.

*The interstellar gases in nebulas are not dense clouds, as shown in popular films. They only block starlight because there are so many particles along the same sight line for several light-years or more.

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7y ago

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