How does an object orbiting the sun move?

Answer 1

Objects in solar systems (ours included) orbit the central object (typically a star, called the 'sun'), usually in the same direction that the sun rotates. This is because the majority of objects, except for captured objects, that orbit a sun do so because they formed out of the same accretion disk that formed the central star. Objects remain in orbit because they are held at a more or less even distance to velocity ratio by gravity. In order to remain at a certain distance, such objects must be moving at a certain velocity, depending on their mass and the degree to which they're influenced by the gravity of their sun. These principles are described by Kepler's Laws of planetary motions, and Newton's Laws of gravitation, as well as Einstein's theory of general relativity. Some objects orbit other objects rather than directly orbiting the sun: moons. A moon is a natural satellite that is classified in a smaller size tier (e.g. major planet, minor planet) than its parent object. An example of a moon is a minor planet or dwarf planet orbiting a major planet (e.g. Saturn-Titan). Sometimes, in the event of binary planets, the smaller planet is also called a moon (e.g. Pluto-Charon). These objects still orbit their sun, but they do so in an epicyclical orbit focused on a different parent object. The force that causes objects to continue orbiting after their initial formation is not gravity, as is commonly misconceived, but inertia, the tendency of an object at motion to remain at motion.

Answer 2

Inertia tries to fling it out into space, and the gravity of the sun keeps it in place, so it just spins around the sun. If your asking how it would move around off its orbit, then its either been hit by an asteroid, or another force has acted upon it.

Answer 3

They move through the solar system by gravity

Answer 4

Gravity