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The Moon is orbiting a planet; It is orbiting the Earth.
The velocity /acceleration of the Moon and the gravitational pull between Earth and Moon are in balance, so the Moon remains orbiting the Earth. Similarly the Earth and Moon , as a binary system, orbit the Sun , and the acceleration and gravitational forces are in balance. So none of us collide.
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What is a planet orbiting another planet called?
A moon? I don't think a planet orbiting another planet would be called a planet.
What force is responsible for the moon orbiting around the earth and earth orbiting around the sun?
The force of gravity causes the moon to orbit the Earth, and the Earth to orbit the sun.
What holds the moon in its orbit round the earth?
Objects are held in their orbits by the force of gravity. The Moon moves round the Earth but is continuously being accelerated towards the Earth by the mutual force of gravity. Because the Moon is lighter, it moves more noticeably. The acceleration caused by the force makes the Moon continuously curve towards the Earth but its high speed prevents it falling inwards. That is how an orbit happens.
What does force have to do with the moon orbiting the earth?
Force? As in The Force from Star Wars? Or a gravitation force? Care to explain?
What keeps the moon orbiting around the earth?
Orbits are established by the combined effects of gravitational attraction and relative velocity. In other words, the moon, like any orbiting body, moves forward (tangent to its orbit) at a speed just sufficient to ensure that as it falls toward the earth due to gravity, it has moved far enough that the two motions combine to keep it at a roughly stable distance from the earth.
What force keeps a planet or moon in its orbit?
GravityCentripetal Force.
What force keeps the moon in orbit around the sun?
The force of gravity that they exert on each other, and the velocities of the Moon and Earth which is their "inertia".
How do planets stay in orbit around the moon?
the moon orbits around the planet, not the other way around; gravity keeps it orbiting
What is a planet orbiting another planet called?
A moon? I don't think a planet orbiting another planet would be called a planet.
How may moons are orbiting the planet earth?
One moon is orbiting Earth and that is called The Moon.
What force is responsible for the moon orbiting earth and earth orbiting the sun?
The force of gravity.
What is a force that holds a moving object in a circular path is called the?
centripetal- Dashun Walden
A force that holds a moving object in a circular path is called the?
A force that holds a moving object in a circular path is a "centripetal force". In the case of an orbiting planet, moon, artificial satellite etc., the mutual force of gravitation between the orbiting body and the central body is the centripetal force.
What is the force for the moon orbiting the earth?
Gravity
What is the capital of the moon?
the moon is a planet satellite (object orbiting a planet), there is no capital!!!!!!! and no one lives there to make one
What are the two factors that keep the earth orbiting the sun and the moon orbiting the earth?
Gravity and Inertia. The gravity keeps the planet, moon etc. going in a circle and inertia keeps it going (inertia is the tendency of a moving object to continue in a straight line or a stationary object to remain in place. If there was no gravity the planet, moon etc. would just go in a straight line but with gravity it pulls it in a circle like a string attached to an object at the center.
What Is the planet That Has Many Moon?
Jupiter, With 63 Moons Orbiting it.
