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What is the name of force keeps the sun and planets in their places.?
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What is the name of the force that keeps planets from escaping from the sun and the solar system?
GravityGravity is the force that brings all things together.The gravity, between the Sun and the planets.If you was a general answer, all of them. However if you want a technical answer, none of them, being that all objects, including the sun, orbit the center of mass of the solar system.Gravity from the sun keeps the planets in the solar system.Gravitational force.Everything has a center of gravity, and a gravitational pull. For example, what keeps Earth from floating off into space? Answer: The Sun. The sun is what we're orbiting because it has a massive gravitational pull at it's center pulling our smaller planets towards it.The gravity from the sun attracts the planets, vs the speed of the planets keeping them from falling into the sun.I believe earth is traveling about 2,000 miles an hour.It's all about SPEED, MASS, GRAVITY and maintaining an equilibrium.The planets want to go straight out into the void, but the pull of the sun keeps it curving around the sun.The mass of the sun is much greater than it's planets, so everything with mass will be drawn to the gravity pull of our Sun.So, it's the particular speed of the planets that maintain the orbit, and keep them from flying out into space, or from sinking into the Sun.This is relatively stable, although all planets also effect each other, changing slightly the path of their orbits.so also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit
What is the name of our dwarf planets?
our dwarf planets are Pluto
What is the other name of the outer planets?
Jovian planets
Name the 3 dwart planets?
There are actually 5 dwarf planets
What can planets do that dwarf planets cannot do?
Actually Dwarf planets are planets which are very small in size and cannot be called planets but not as small to be called asteroids, so the name dwarf planets.
What is the name of force that keeps the sun and planets in their places?
Many scientists believe it is dark matter but some also believe it is gravity
The gravitational force of the sun keeps planets in its own orbit what is the name of the force?
Gravity.
Could you name the forces the earth to orbit the sun?
The force of gravity keeps the Earth (and all the other planets) orbiting the Sun.
What is the name of thr force that keeps us from drifting off into space?
gravity is the force that keeps us on earth.
What is the name of the force which keeps the planet in their orbits?
the name of the force iis called gravity or its gravitational pull
What was the name of the scientist who showed that gravity keeps planets and moons in orbit?
Isaac Newton
What is the name the force that keeps objects attached to earth?
sellotape
Name of the force that keeps objects attached to earth?
That would be GRAVITY
What is the name of the force that keeps particles of the same substance together?
Cohesion.
What is the name of the force that is holding the planets on their orbit?
Gravity I believe. If not, try orbitity.
Is Gravity is example of a centripetal force?
It can be. A centripetal force is not fundamental (such as gravity), it is the generic name given to a force that keeps objects moving in orbits (or circles). In the case of the Sun and the Earth, gravity is the centripetal force that keeps the Earth in orbit around the Sun.
What is the name for the nebula planets from out of?
Nebulae are the birth places for stars, not planets. However, once stars begin to form, planets can come about through gravitational 'clumping' in the stellar accretion disc.
