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Who determined the force that kept planets in orbit?

It was Isaac Newton who figured out that the force of gravity keeps planets in orbit around the sun.


Did Kepler say that it was the pull of the suns gravity that kept the planets in orbit?

No. Kepler proposed that some force kept the planets in orbit, but did not know or say what that force was. It was Isaac Newton who figured out that this force is gravity.


What were Sir Isaac Newton's greatest discoveries in the history of science?

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What three things keep the planets in their orbit?

A planet is kept in its orbit because the Sun's gravitational attraction on it produces acceleration towards the Sun, which exactly balances the force, by Newton's laws of motion. An object that is travelling along in a curved path is accelerating to the side, according to Newton's theory, and in a stable orbit this can go on for ever without the energy ever diminishing.


The plants are kept in orbit by the sun's blank?

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How are planets kept in their orbits as they revolve around the sun?

All the planets stay in orbit around the sun because of the sun's gravitational pull. Now you are probably wondering why the planets don't all get sucked into the sun,well it is the high orbital speed that keeps the planets from falling all the way into the Sun and since there is no friction in the vacuum of space, that speed doesn't slow down.


What keeps planets in elliptical orbits?

Planets are kept in elliptical orbits due to the gravitational force acting between the planet and the sun. This force causes the planet to move in a curved path, resulting in an elliptical orbit. The balance between the planet's inertia and the gravitational force determines the shape of the orbit.


How are planet's kept in orbit?

planets are in orbit because of the suns gravitational field chupa naman diyan Planets are kept in their orbits by gravitational forces.


What keeps planets in orbit in your solar system?

Planets in our solar system are kept in orbit by the gravitational pull of the sun. The balance between the centrifugal force of the planet's movement and the gravitational force of the sun keeps them in a stable orbit.


Do moons and asteroids orbit the sun?

Asteroids orbit the sun. Moons orbit planets and planets orbit the sun. So you could say the moons orbit the sun. However, moons are kept in their orbits by the gravity of their planet and planets are kept in orbit by the gravity of the sun. So in that sense, moons do not orbit the sun.


Are planets and moons kept in orbit by the force of matter?

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What causes planets to orbit?

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