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How would the planets move if the sun and planets did not have gravitational pull between them?
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∙ 9y ago
If there had never been gravitational pull then none of the would have formed. If the gravitational pull was suddenly switched off then each body would continue to move in a straight line at a constant speed.
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∙ 6y ago
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Why do all the planets orbit?
Planets orbit around the Sun because of the Sun's gravitational force, it makes the planets move by its gravitational force.
How do inner planets move?
They move because of the gravitational pull of the sun.
Why the planets move around the sun?
The gravitational pull of the Sun.
Why do planets orbit around the sun?
Since the Sun has the most mass of all the objects in the solar system, it has the strongest gravitational pull. If there were another object in the solar system with more mass than the Sun, the planets (and the Sun itself) would orbit it. If there were no Sun's gravity (or other gravitational forces) the planets would travel in straight lines instead of orbits.
Why do planets move slightly closer to the sun at certain parts of the orbit?
The gravitational pull
Do the outer planets move slow?
The reason for the slower movement of outer planets answers to the simple nature of the gravitational force, which varies with the inverse square of distance. For example, an object twice as distant would feel one quarter the gravitational pull. For a stable orbit, this would mean an outer planet would have to move more slowly. Meanwhile, the inner planets move more quickly, and Mercury, with an orbit closest to the sun, zips around it in only 88 days, compared to Naptune's 165 years.
How does the suns gravitational pull affect the speed which the planets orbit?
When the pull is stronger, they move quicker.
How does the suns gravitational pull affect the speed at which planets orbit?
When the pull is stronger, they move quicker.
Why do planets orbit in One Direction?
The suns gravitational pull forces them to move in one direction
What would happen to Earth and the other planets in the solar system without the sun's gravitational force?
Each planet would move away from its orbital path in a direction tangential to the orbit. That means roughly "sideways" from a line between the Sun and the planet.
What would happen to earth and other planets in the solar system without the sun gravitational force?
Each planet would move away from its orbital path in a direction tangential to the orbit. That means roughly "sideways" from a line between the Sun and the planet.
Why the planets seemed to move at different speeds?
The gravitational pull of other objects in space affect all
