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Inertia. Newton's fist law states that an object that is moving will keep moving until somethings slows it down. Since there is virtually no friction in space, nothing causes the planets to slow down, so they continue to orbit.
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∙ 11y agoThere's a "balance" among all planets relatively to the mass of the Sun. Bigger mass attracts smaller mass. What keeps a planet orbiting around the Sun, is the "needing" of maintaining that "balance", so the only way the planets have to keep the solar system in accordance to the difference of masses and consequent difference of power gravity, is by orbiting around the Sun. This movement of all planets and moons compensates the difference of mass and power gravity among them.
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∙ 11y agoGravity combined with a planet's motion (tangential to its orbit).
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∙ 16y agoThe Sun's Gravity.
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∙ 13y agoGravity.
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What keeps the planets in our solar system in orbit around the Sun?
The Sun's strong gravity keeps all the planets in orbit around it.
What two forces work together to keep the planets in orbit around the sun?
The two forces that work together to keep the planets in orbit around the sun are gravity and inertia.
What keeps us from floating off into the sky and keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?
gravity?
How does the gravity of the sun impact on earth?
The sun's gravity keeps the earth and the other planets in orbit around it
What is the main force that keeps planets in orbit around the Sun?
The force of universal gravitation and momentum.
What keeps the planets in the solar system in orbit around the sun?
The Sun's strong gravity keeps all the planets in orbit around it.
What keeps the planets in our solar system in orbit around the Sun?
The Sun's strong gravity keeps all the planets in orbit around it.
What is a factor that keeps the planets in their orbit around the sun?
Gravity.
What keeps the planets in orbit around thee sun?
Gravity.
Does the sun's gravity keeps the planets in orbit around it?
Yeah
What keeps the planets in orbit about the sun?
The Sun has a powerful gravitational pull. This, combined with the velocities of the planets, keeps the planets in orbit.
What keeps the planets moving their orbit around the sun?
The pull of the Sun's gravity.
Why does the planets travel around the sun?
Because the Sun's gravitational pull keeps them in orbit.
What two forces work together to keep the planets in orbit around the sun?
The two forces that work together to keep the planets in orbit around the sun are gravity and inertia.
What is the unbalanced centripetal force that keeps planets in orbit around the sun?
The gravitational attraction by the Sun.
Why do the planets resolve above the sun?
The suns huge gravitational force keeps the planets in an orbit around it.
What keeps us from floating off into the sky and keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?
gravity?
