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Gravity and Inertia
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What happens if the planets stops orbiting the sun?
The planets will fall into the sun and get destroyed.
Why do you think the planets keep orbiting the Sun instead of each other?
It is because the sun accounts for approx 99.8% of the mass of the solar system.
What happens to the speed of planets orbiting the sun as you get closer to the sun?
they get faster
What are thousands of small planets orbiting sun?
asteriods
What are the first and last planets orbiting the sun?
Ceres and Eris
Does gravity keep the planets orbiting the sun?
Yes.
What makes the planets orbit around the sun?
The gravitational pull between the planets and the sun keep the planets orbiting the sun all day everyday.
Where does force needed to keep planets orbiting the sun come from?
The force is provided by the Sun's gravitational attraction.
Who believed that forces keep moons orbiting planets and planets orbiting the sun?
Newton- he created the law of universal gravitation, which states that all objects in the universe have gravity.
Why do the 8 planets keep orbiting the sun?
The sun's gravity keeps them in orbit and prevents them from flying off into space. The planets travel quickly enough that they do not fall into the sun.
Where are the planets found?
Orbiting stars. We know of eight planets orbiting our Sun, and we know of over 300 planets orbiting other stars.
What happens if the planets stop orbiting the sun?
The planets will fall into the sun and get destroyed.
What happens if the planets stops orbiting the sun?
The planets will fall into the sun and get destroyed.
Is our sun the only star that has planets orbiting around it?
No. Other stars have been found to have planets orbiting them.
The earths gravity keeps the planets circling the sun?
The Sun's gravity keeps the planets orbiting the Sun.
8 of these orbit the sun?
There are 8 planets orbiting the sun.
What does gravatational pull do?
Gravitational pull is so the planets keep orbiting around the sun because of its gravitational pull
