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How do planets orbiting the Sun and skaters doing a spin both conserve angular momentum?
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What makes the planets to move around the sun?
The planets orbit the Sun because of gravity and their angular momentum, which ultimately derives from the energy of the Big Bang.
What keeps the planets and other solar system objects in orbit around the sun?
The force of gravity is what keeps planets and other objects in orbit around the sun, along with the angular momentum of the planets and objects. Without gravity, they would just fly away into space, and without angular momentum, they would just fall into the sun. But both of those together produce orbital motion.
Why do some of the planets spin backwards?
It was not because of a "Big Bang". The Conservation of Angular Momentum proves that. Hmmm, maybe there's a divine creator?
Why planets is an example of rigid bodies?
The outer planets are not a very good example of rigid bodies because of their very thick atmospheres, but it is common to assume they are rigid for calculating the angular momentum.
What would happen if the planets did not repel the gravitational pull of the sun?
Then we are launched into other places in the universe, there will be no consistency. Your choice of words is inaccurate. Planets do not repel the gravitational pull of the sun, but you could say that they resist it. Their angular momentum keeps them in orbit around the sun. If they were to lose that angular momentum, then they would fall into the sun and burn up completely, leaving nothing behind but super-heated gas.
Most of the angular momentum of the solar system is found in the?
orbits of the planets.
What is the purpose of the planets rotation?
Your thinking is wrong. The rotation of a planet has not "been made" for a purpose. Planets rotate because of a law of nature called "the conservation of angular momentum". The dust cloud from which the a star and its planetary system forms had angular momentum (internal movements) and as gravity drew this matter together this momentum ends up as the spin of the star, its planets and the orbit of the planets round the star.
What caused planets to rotate?
Planets (and stars) were formed out of dust and gas. That had a rotation to it which does not go away (this is known as the Conservation of Angular Momentum).
What makes the planets to move around the sun?
The planets orbit the Sun because of gravity and their angular momentum, which ultimately derives from the energy of the Big Bang.
What idea is supported by the fact that the sun and planets rotate in the same direction on the same plane?
It's a demonstration of their angular momentum vectors being aligned in almost the same direction. Laplace added up all the vectors for the planets (the angular momentum vector is directed along the axis of rotation) and defined an invariable plane for the solar system, which is a plane that stays the same all the time. Total angular momentum is conserved so this plane will never change, even though momentum might be exchanged between the planets as their orbits change slightly.
Why are the planets rotating continuously?
There is no friction in space to stop them so they keep on spinning under what is called conservation of angular momentum.
What keeps the planets and other solar system objects in orbit around the sun?
The force of gravity is what keeps planets and other objects in orbit around the sun, along with the angular momentum of the planets and objects. Without gravity, they would just fly away into space, and without angular momentum, they would just fall into the sun. But both of those together produce orbital motion.
How do the moons stay in orbit around the sun?
The moons are around planets, planets are around the sun. But basically the orbit is a mix of forward momentum and the the pull towards the sun, this creats an angular movement. when the planet moves forward, this angular movement is now forward momentum and gravity is still pulling it towards the sun creating a angular movement and when added together this is roughly a circle that goes all around the sun.
Why do some of the planets spin backwards?
It was not because of a "Big Bang". The Conservation of Angular Momentum proves that. Hmmm, maybe there's a divine creator?
Why planets is an example of rigid bodies?
The outer planets are not a very good example of rigid bodies because of their very thick atmospheres, but it is common to assume they are rigid for calculating the angular momentum.
In light of modern solar system theory why do the orbits of the planets all lie in nearly the same plane?
The orbits of the planets all lie in nearly the same plane for preservation of angular momentum.
Why and how do planets and moons revolve?
Five billion years ago, the original disk of gas and dust from which celestial bodies were formed had a certain momentum. This momentum was conserved and when dust and gravel pulled together to build the planets the momentum turned into angular momentum. This caused the original rotation that is still visible today. There are very few and weak forces that are slowing rotation.
