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What force counteracts a planet's inertia and keeps the planet in its orbit?
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Gravity counteracts this inertia, usually the gravity of a body much larger than itself.
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What would happen to an object in orbit around planets if the planets force of gravity were stronger than the objects inertia?
The object would crash into the planet.
What would happen to an object in orbit around a planet if the planets force of gravity were stronger than the objects inertia?
The object would crash into the planet.
What forces act to hold a planet in orbit around the sun?
Gravity is the force that holds a planet in orbit around the sun. Inertia keeps the planets spinning.
What force kept the planets moving in their orbits about the sun?
inertia
Which force is responsible for making planets and satellites travel in near circular orbits?
Gravity and inertia. Inertia keeps the planets moving while the gravity of the sun keeps the planets drawn to orbit in ellipses.
What would happen to an object in orbit around planets if the planets force of gravity were stronger than the objects inertia?
The object would crash into the planet.
What would happen to an object in orbit around a planet if the planets force of gravity were stronger than the objects inertia?
The object would crash into the planet.
What forces act to hold a planet in orbit around the sun?
Gravity is the force that holds a planet in orbit around the sun. Inertia keeps the planets spinning.
How do gravity and inertia keep the planet in orbit around the sun?
inertia keeps the planets moving and spinning , and gravity is a force that attracts all objects toward each other.
What are two forces that keep the planets revolving around the sun?
The force of gravity pulls the planet towards the Sun and this is balanced by the planet's "centrifugal force" away from the Sun. (Centrifugal force is called a "fictitious force" in physics. It's a mathematical way of representing the planet's tendency to move in a straight line path. Some people prefer to talk about the planet's "inertia" rather than centrifugal force.)
What force keeps the planets together?
Gravity and inertia.
What were the two factors Isaac Newton concluded that combined to keep the planets in orbit?
1) The gravitational attraction between the planets and the Sun. 2) The "inertia" of the planets. That's their tendency to move in a straight line unless a force (gravity in this case) acts on them.
What two factors combine to keep the planets in their orbits?
None do. If the forces on a planet were balanced, then it would take off in a straight line at constant speed, not remain in orbit. The only force acting on a planet is the gravitational one, that attracts the planet toward the sun. Fortunately, that's the only force required to keep the planet in orbit.
What force keeps the outer planets together?
Gravity and inertia.
What is the force that along with inertia keeps the planets in their orbits?
gravity
What force kept the planets moving in their orbits about the sun?
inertia
What two factors act together to keep the planets in orbit around the sun?
definetly Gravity and Inertia
