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How does the force of gravity between the sun and the earth move in an orbit?
The gravity field is best considered as a static field, with the force depending only on the distance and the mass of the two objects. Although the Earth moves in the gravity field, the field itself does not.
What is body in orbit around the sun that has a defined sufficient mass Gravity and a clear orbit?
A planet.
What attractive force keeps the moon in orbit around earth?
Gravity is what keeps them in attraction. The force of Gravity is determined by the mass and distance between two or more objects. The other force that keeps the moon in orbit is the moon's inertia. Without inertia the moon would simply fall into Earth; because of Gravity, the same would happen with the planets and the sun.
Why does the earth orbit the sun?
Moon and earth distance
Do you think there is more gravity on the sun or earth?
The sun has more gravity because it has more mass. (The greater the mass the more gravity)
Planets and moons are kept in orbit by the force of?
Mass and gravity
What is the source of the centripetal force that keeps the International Space Station in orbit around the earth?
The gravity resulting from the Earth's mass.
Which force keeps a satellite in orbit?
The mutual gravitational attraction between the satellite's mass and the earth's mass. Short answer: The force of gravity.
What is residual gravity?
Residual gravity is the effective gravity that exists between the earth-moon or the earth-sun combination. When two heavenly bodies interact such as the earth and the sun there is a difference in mass which causes a residual gravity to exist in the space between them. This residual gravity is responsible for the earth's orbit.
What causes the Sun to orbit the Earth?
An illusion. The Earth really orbits the Sun. The Earth is held in orbit by the Suns gravity (or the dent in spacetime made by the mass of the Sun if you believe in Einstein's theory of relativity).
Does the center of mass of an object ever differ from the center of gravity?
The center of mass and center of gravity serve two separate purposes. As an individual, your center of gravity and center of mass remains the same. The earth has a center of mass. The moon has a center of mass. The moon does not orbit the earth. They orbit their center of gravity. Their center if gravity is always changing. It is not a fixed point. When an airplane takes off, its center of gravity is one place. As it burns fuel, its center of gravity changes. It might be necessary to change its attitude, which today is done automatically by computers. The computers are checked at the end of the flight by human beings.
The Earth's motion around a common center of gravity is caused by?
The Earth's motion around a center of mass is due to the presence of the Moon. Technically, the Moon doesn't orbit the Earth, they both orbit the center of mass they share, which is about 4661 kilometers from the center of the Earth. In astronomy, the center of mass is also commonly referred to as the barycenter.
Is the gravity of earth is because of it rotation?
No - the gravity of Earth is due to its mass.No - the gravity of Earth is due to its mass.No - the gravity of Earth is due to its mass.No - the gravity of Earth is due to its mass.
Why does the earth not attract the moon by its gravitation?
It does, actually. Every mass attracts every other mass by gravity. If the Moon were not attracted to the Earth by gravity, the Moon would go sailing off into space all alone. The Moon does not get closer to the Earth because the Moon is in orbit around the Earth.
Is there gravity where space shuttles orbit?
A very low level, called microgravity, that's a small fraction of normal gravity. Astronauts feel weightless, by comparison. Space shuttles orbit at a distance of 100-200 miles above the Earth. The shuttle is actually falling toward the Earth all the time, but the speed of its orbit keeps it from falling any closer. Don't confuse gravity with weight. The Earth's gravity extends to the outer reaches of the Solar System. Earth's gravity is what keeps the satellites which are orbiting the Earth from flying away into space. "Weight" is measure of the local acceleration due to gravity. When a person is in orbit, inside a shuttle, he is falling along with the shuttle at about 17,000 miles per hour. The mass of the shuttle and the mass of the person are attracting each other with 'micro-gravity' which is a million times less than the gravity of the Earth.
What is the actual source of our earth's gravity?
Mass is the source of Earth's gravity. Any object that has mass has gravity.
Why does earth have gravity when earth is in space?
because the earth has mass. Gravity is a the force of attraction that is related to the mass of an object. The greater the mass, the stronger the force of gravity.
