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What force is responible for the orbits of the planets in the solar system?
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∙ 11y ago
Gravity from the Sun holds the planets in their orbits.
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How do planets stay on orbit?
The gravity of the Sun keeps the planets in their orbits. They stay in their orbits because there is no other force in the Solar System which can stop them.
What keeps the planets in your solar system from floating away?
The force of the Sun's gravity keeps them in their orbits.
What force keeps planets and moons going in orbits?
The force of gravity causes orbits.
Why do planets have orbits?
i think its is by the force of gravity planets are kepet orbit
What force keeps the planets moving forward in their orbits?
The force you seek is gravity.
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 are the 2 forces not keeps the planets in their respective orbits?
Centripetal force and Gravity
What is the force that hold the planets in orbit around the sun?
It is gravity that holds the planets in their orbits around the sun. Gravity is what gives "shape" to the solar system, to galaxies, and is the large-scale organizer of the universe as a whole.
A specific answer on why planets and moons of planets stay in their orbits?
Planets and moons remain in their orbits because of the gravitational pull other bigger planets or stars have on them, for example the Earth stays in its orbit because of the gravitational force it is subjects to created by the Sun, and the moon stays in its orbit because of the gravitational force it is subject to created by the Earth. It's all about gravity and force.
Why cant you have a solar system without a star?
Literally a solar system has the Sun at the centre because solar means 'of the Sun'. But to have a system of planets you need something massive at the centre to provide the gravitational force to control the orbits. Without that, the planets will just go off in straight lines.
Forces that operate in the solar system to keep it together?
The attracting force for mass over large scales is the force of gravity. The mutual attraction between the Sun and planets keeps the latter in fairly stable orbits.
