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An object has a general tendency to keep moving - that's how our Universe works. No force is required to keep an object moving - unless there is another force that slows it down. Here on Earth, there are usually frictional forces that slow objects down, and therefore a force is required to counteract the frictional forces.
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How do planets and moons keep moving in the solar system?
They have been moving since the solar system was formed, when the dust and gasses collected together and formed the sun and planets. There is nothing to stop the motion, since there are no opposing forces in the vacuum of space - no air resistance. To change the speed of a body of system you need an opposing force to act in the opposite direction.
How does gravity keep planets and other objects in the Solar System in orbits?
easy gravity :)
How does gravity work to keep the solar system?
it uses its force to make the planets orbit the sun.
What does the sun do vfor the solar system?
the sun uses its gravitational pull to keep the planets in orbit.
What makes a solar system spin?
what makes it spin is the force of gravity in space that keep our planets in place anbd how they move.(the solar system is spining right now.)
How can the planets orbit the sun?
It is the natural tendency for an object in motion to keep moving at the same speed in a straight line. Meanwhile gravity is trying to pull each planet toward the sun. The two forces combine to keep the planets in their elliptical orbits. They have enough forward momentum to keep them from falling into the sun, and they have enough pull from the sun to keep them from following a straight path out of the solar system.
9 P in SS?
Nine planets in the Solar System. HOWEVER the IAU has determined that there are only EIGHT planets because Pluto has been downgraded. Please keep up with the times!
Why do you think the planets keep orbiting the Sun instead of each other?
It is because the sun accounts for approx 99.8% of the mass of the solar system.
How does gravity keep the planets in order in the solar system?
Gravity keeps planets in orbit around the sun. If planets were not subject to the gravitational attraction of the sun, they would fly off into interstellar space. In addition, gravity is also what holds planets together. If there were no gravity, the planets, and the sun, would disintegrate under the force of their own spin. There would be nothing left of the solar system but an expanding cloud of gas and dust.
Why do the planets and other objects in the solar system stay in they're orbits?
The solar system stays as it is because it's a stable system and it will stay the same until something comes along to disturb it. Each planet moves round the Sun in its elliptical orbit, with the total energy (kinetic plus potential) staying constant. Since the planets are moving through space there is no friction to slow them down so they just keep on doing the same thing that they have done for billions of years.
What is is a solar system?
A solar system is a collection of objects that orbit a star or group of stars. In most solar systems, a central star (or stars, like a binary pair for instance) provides the mass to keep the system in place, and also the light and heat for the smaller planets, moons, asteroids, and comets that are orbiting. The Sun together with the group of celestial bodies that are held by its attraction and revolve around it, or a group of celestial bodies revolving around any star.The solar system is our planets, revolving around a solar power (sun). We kind of depend on each other.The sun and everything that orbits it ( asteriods , planets , comets , etc. )It is the biggest system which comprises of planets revolving and rotating in their orbit, where sun is at the center n other planets like Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars etc, rotates around sun in an elliptical orbit. Till date there is only one solar system known n seen, but it is estimated that there would be many such solar system in whole universe.!!
What forces does the sun use to keep the planets in orbit?
solar power
