The 'pull' of the sun makes the Earth go around it. It can be compared with you holding a string with a piece of stone attatched to the end. If you start 'moving' the stone (as the Earth does) the movement will take the form of the stone speeding in a circle. That is caused by you exercising - through the string - a gravity-like 'pull' on the stone.
If the sun suddenly would disappear, the same thing would happen as when you, spinning the stone around on your string, would suddenly 'disappear' and so let go of the string. The stone then would fly away in a straight line in the direction it was going when you released the string.
In the same manner, the Earth would immediately stop speeding around in a circle and fly off in a straight line.
If gravity suddenly disappeared, the moon would fly out into space in a straight line. If the moon suddenly stopped moving it would fall straight into Earth.
It is unlikely to happen, at least in my life time, which is a great comfort to me. But, as we and the other planets in our solar system orbit round the sun because of the sun's attraction, if the sun suddenly disappeared, there would be nothing to stop us being flung outwards into space.
If the sun Sol suddenly vanished, the earth would continue on a straight line; in other words, its orbit about Sol would be over/stopped immediately.
It is unlikely to happen, at least in my life time, which is a great comfort to me. But, as we and the other planets in our solar system orbit round the sun because of the sun's attraction, if the sun suddenly disappeared, there would be nothing to stop us being flung outwards into space.
(Please note that in real life, masses can't simply "disappear".) For 8 minutes and 20 seconds (in the case of Earth), or for less or more time, depending on the distance of the planet from the Sun, the planet would continue orbiting the place where the Sun was. After that, the change in the gravitational field will have had enough time to reach Earth; the planet will no longer "feel" the pull of the Sun, and will continue moving in a straight line.
The moon is moving (around the sun) IF the Earth's gravity suddenly stopped, the moon would continue to go around the sun. IF all gravity stopped, the moon would travel in a straight line in whatever direction it was going in at the time.
To "Dike" is to move back suddenly.
The 'pull' of the sun makes the Earth go around it. It can be compared with you holding a string with a piece of stone attatched to the end. If you start 'moving' the stone (as the Earth does) the movement will take the form of the stone speeding in a circle. That is caused by you exercising - through the string - a gravity-like 'pull' on the stone. If the sun suddenly would disappear, the same thing would happen as when you, spinning the stone around on your string, would suddenly 'disappear' and so let go of the string. The stone then would fly away in a straight line in the direction it was going when you released the string. In the same manner, the Earth would immediately stop speeding around in a circle and fly off in a straight line.
That would be "scat"
Moving a planet would require unrealistic amounts of energy. The most plausible way would involve using propulsion systems like rockets or gravitational assists from nearby objects, but even then, the technology to move a planet does not currently exist.
That's the normal configuration - for planets to travel around their central star. If the planet would NOT move, it would quickly fall into the central star.That's the normal configuration - for planets to travel around their central star. If the planet would NOT move, it would quickly fall into the central star.That's the normal configuration - for planets to travel around their central star. If the planet would NOT move, it would quickly fall into the central star.That's the normal configuration - for planets to travel around their central star. If the planet would NOT move, it would quickly fall into the central star.
If the Sun and the Sun's gravity suddenly disappeared, each of the planets would go flying off into space at their orbital velocities. In the case of Earth, that's about 67,000 miles per hour. Depending on where each planet was in its orbit, there might be the possibility for a collision or a near-miss with another planet. We humans wouldn't really notice; we'd be too busy freezing to death to care.