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Q: What is the name of force that keeps the sun and planets in their places?
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What is the name of force keeps the sun and planets in their places.?

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?

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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.