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What is the unbalanced centripetal force that keeps planets in orbit around the sun?
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The gravitational attraction by the Sun.
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What is the unbalanced force that causes an object move in circular motion?
centripetal force
The unbalanced force that causes an object to move in a circular path is called a?
centripetal force
Are planets held in orbit by balanced unbalanced centrifugal or centripetal force?
-- If all the forces on a planet were balanced, then the planet would move in a straight line with constant speed, not in a curved path. So the forces on it must be unbalanced. -- That's easy to understand when you consider that there's only one force on the planet ... the force of gravity that attracts it toward the sun. That force is a centripetal one.
What are some examples of centripetal forces?
Centripetal force is a force that makes a body follow a curved path. An example of centripetal force is gravity making something in space orbit Earth. Mud flying in circles from a tire going down the road is centripetal force.
What is the force that keeps the planets from moving closer or further from the sun?
centripetal force.
Does the centripetal force act as an unbalanced force on the satellite in orbit?
Yes. According to Newton's Second Law, there has to be an unbalanced force - otherwise, the satellite won't accelerate (in this case, change direction).
A force that keeps planets in orbit?
Centripetal Force.That force is, of course, supplied by gravitional force.
What does gravity have to do with the motion of the planets?
The gravitational force between planets supplies the centripetal force that causes them to orbit each other.
Unbalanced force that causes an object to move in a circular path is called a ---force?
Centripetal, I think. You're in eighth garde science, aren't you? Centripetal, I think. You're in eighth garde science, aren't you?
What are the 2 forces not keeps the planets in their respective orbits?
Centripetal force and Gravity
What are some properties that the moon and earth share?
both are planets and are orbit with centripetal force. think about the atmospheres. They orbit around one another.
What force is operating between Sun and planets is it centripetal or centrifugal force?
The forces of attraction between the sun and each planet are gravitational forces, and they're both centripetal forces.
