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Gravity keeps the moon in a steady orbit around the Earth. We might not seem to be moving very fast but we are moving quite fast. Fill a bucket half way full with water, hold on to the handle and spin around, notice that the water doesn't go flying out. That your movement in a circle keeping the water in place. Same with the moon. We are moving fast in a circle around the sun, our gravity is balenced so that we keep the moon from flying away from the Earth and into space.
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What keeps the Moon from floating away?
The Earth's gravitational force keeps it from moving away into outer space. (* Gravity is a mutual force of attraction between matter, so the Earth pulls on the Moon while the Moon pulls on the Earth.)
How does the earth hold its Atmosphere?
With a force called gravity. Each atom and molecule of the atmosphere has an atomic weight, which keeps it from floating away into space.
How is the moon kept in orbit?
The earth by its gravitational pull keeps the moon in its orbit. The earths gravitational pull and the Moon's inertia creates a force called the centripetal force which keeps the Moon in orbit.
What keeps the planets in your solar system from floating away?
The force of the Sun's gravity keeps them in their orbits.
When the moon revolves around the earth in a circular orbit kept there by gravitational force exerted by the earth does gravity do positive work?
Well, I would say YES! It keeps the air on the earth so we can all breath, it keeps the earth from just going off into space away from our source of all our energy, the sun. It keeps us from just floating away into space. There are millions of things gravity does that is positive work. I can not even to begin to name them.
When satellite companies send their satellites into space what force keeps them from flying away?
gravitational force
What force keeps the moons from floating away from the planets?
what keeps the moon from flying off into outer space
What force keeps the earth in its orbit and stops it from flying off into space?
gravity pulls the earth into position so it doesn't move away and gravity is what holds us down onto the earth as well.
What keeps the Moon from floating away?
The Earth's gravitational force keeps it from moving away into outer space. (* Gravity is a mutual force of attraction between matter, so the Earth pulls on the Moon while the Moon pulls on the Earth.)
What is gravity and how does it affect earth?
gravity is the force that keeps objects on the earth, if we didn't have gravity we would just float away
What keeps us from flosting away from earth?
gravity holds you down. The earth has a magnetic force, and the gravity pulls anything in the fireld to earth
Why does their is weightlessness in space?
It is the gravitational force from our Earth that keeps our feet firmly on the ground. The further away into space we go, the less influence from the gravitational force from the Earth is felt - so we tend to float.
Are satellites outside the earths gravitational pull?
No. It's the mutual gravitational force between it and the earth that keeps a satellitein a closed orbit, instead of flying off away from earth in a straight line.Technically, there's no such thing as "outside of" the gravitational force of anything.We can calculate the gravitational force between a star in a distant galaxy and the earth.In fact, we can calculate the gravitational force between a star in a distant galaxy and you.The force is pretty small, but it's there.
How does the earth hold its Atmosphere?
With a force called gravity. Each atom and molecule of the atmosphere has an atomic weight, which keeps it from floating away into space.
How is the moon kept in orbit?
The earth by its gravitational pull keeps the moon in its orbit. The earths gravitational pull and the Moon's inertia creates a force called the centripetal force which keeps the Moon in orbit.
What keeps clothes inside a spin dryer turning in a circle?
The Metal drum that spins, keeps the clothes from flying away.
What keeps the planets in your solar system from floating away?
The force of the Sun's gravity keeps them in their orbits.
