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If you mean a space orbit--an object that moves fast enough can orbit another body in space. As a minimum, to orbit the Earth you need to travel 30,000 kph at 100 km altitude.
If you mean an atomic orbit, the combination of electron charge, nucleus charge, and quantum mechanics determines its orbits. An orbit is formed by orbiting when it is traveling in a circular or nearly circular path around another object.
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∙ 11y agoAn orbit is the path of any object that is constantly "falling into" a second object - and constantly missing. It misses because it has a "sideways" velocity which would take it away into space if it wasn't for the gravity that's trying to make it fall into the object that it is orbiting.
The orbits of the planets were formed out of a spinning mass of gas and dust,
any part of which that did NOT fit the above description - is just not there.
To orbit the Earth you must throw an object horizontally at close to .707 times the escape velocity (the trick is to be above the atmosphere when you do it - otherwise the air resistance will slow it down and it will just drop).
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∙ 12y agoThe big bang originally created earth's orbit but the sun keeps the earth in the solar system. The reason the earth hasent stoped orbiting is because there is no friction in space to stop earth.
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∙ 13y agoCentral attraction to a center such as gravitational attraction and electrical attraction.
Planetary orbits are primarily due to gravity and galactic orbits are the result of electromagnetic attraction.
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What causes the moon to orbit the sun?
Nothing does.Simply because the moon does not orbit the sun.The moon orbits Earth, not the sun. And Earth orbits the sun.Gravity is what causes planets and moons to orbit.
What is a true statement about the moon?
The Moon orbits the Earth. The Moons gravity causes Earths tides to ebb and flow.
What causes that the varying length of daylight through the year?
The Earth tilting on its axis as it orbits the Sun, causes the changing of the seasons in the northern and southern hemispheres. This also alters the lengths of the darkness and daylight.
What do you think causes the systematic shift of radiation and temperature bands through the year?
Two things:-The fact that the Earth's axis of rotation is tilted at some 23.5° to the plane round which it orbits the Sun.The fact that the Earth orbits the Sun once a year.
What are the causes of moons phases to occur?
as the earth moves so does the moon and where the earth orbits the sun and the moon orbits earth as the earth moves around the sun the sun projects light and it hits the moon and we can see the light from the sun reflecting off the moon
What force keeps planets and moons going in orbits?
The force of gravity causes orbits.
What causes the moon to orbit the sun?
Nothing does.Simply because the moon does not orbit the sun.The moon orbits Earth, not the sun. And Earth orbits the sun.Gravity is what causes planets and moons to orbit.
What causes the moon to orbit around the sun?
the moon doesent orbit the sun, the earth orbits the sun and the moon orbits the earth.
What causes the differences in the moon's appearance?
the shadow of the earth as the moon orbits around it.
What Causes Uranus and Neptune's orbits to wobble?
The wobble in the orbits of Uranus and Neptune is caused because the magnetic axis does not go through the center of the planet, like it does on Earth.
What is a true statement about the moon?
The Moon orbits the Earth. The Moons gravity causes Earths tides to ebb and flow.
What causes the apparent changes of the moon's shape?
The variations in how much reflected sunlight we see as the Moon orbits Earth.
What action causes day and night the earth orbits the sun or Earth rotates on its axis?
The earth rotates on its axis.
What causes the apparent repeated changes of the Moon's shape?
The variations in how much reflected sunlight we see as the Moon orbits Earth.
What causes the varying length of daylight through the year?
The Earth tilting on its axis as it orbits the Sun, causes the changing of the seasons in the northern and southern hemispheres. This also alters the lengths of the darkness and daylight.
What causes that the varying length of daylight through the year?
The Earth tilting on its axis as it orbits the Sun, causes the changing of the seasons in the northern and southern hemispheres. This also alters the lengths of the darkness and daylight.
How does the sun and the moon move across the earth?
umm... the sun does't move but the earth orbits the sun once a year and it rotates on its axis once every 24 hours this causes night and day. The moon orbits the earth i think :)
