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Q: How does inertia and gravity affect the orbital motion planets?
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How does inertia affect your solar system?

Inertia keeps the planets revolving around the sun instead of just running into the sun. Since gravity pulls masses together, without inertia, all the planets would be pulled into the sun.


How does a planets orbital radius affect its orbital period?

Yes. T = (2pi / sqroot of GM) multiplied by the radius^3/2. A planets mass DOES NOT affect its orbital period. A planets radius DOES affect its orbital period.


How does inertia affect gravity?

Inertia does not affect gravity, these are two entirely separate things, even though they both are produced by the same thing, which is mass. Mass creates both inertia and gravity, but inertia and gravity do not affect each other.


How do forces affect the planets of your solar system?

With gravity and inertia. If you dont know what those look them up in a scientific dictionary.


What is gravity and how does it affect planets and the oceans?

gravity is something that can affect the planets.


How would zero gravity affect inertia?

Zero gravity does not affect inertia. The inertia of an object is an inherent property of the object and is directly proportional to the object's mass.


What are the planets that affect gravity?

every planet


What are some other forces that affect a ball?

gravity friction inertia


How does gravity affect the galaxy?

Gravity holds everything together in the galaxy. (planets)


Does gravity affect your weight on different planets?

yes it does


What affect does gravity have on the planets?

The planets' own gravity has made them spherical. Also there are other effects such as their ability to retain an atmosphere, etc. The Sun's gravitycauses the orbits of the planets.


How does Earth's gravity affect the planets?

The effect is very small.