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The sun's gravity holds the planets in their orbits. It also holds other space objects in their orbits, such as asteroids.
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What force is responible for the orbits of the planets in the solar system?
Gravity from the Sun holds the planets in their orbits.
Where does the gravity that holds the planets in their orbits come from?
The gravity that keeps the planets in orbit is the sun's gravity, which is a product of the sun's mass.
If there is no Gravity in space what holds up the Planets?
There is gravity in space. Gravity is what makes orbits possible.
What holds the planets in their orbits?
Gravity holds the planets in their orbit
The sun holds earth and orbits because of?
gravity. the mass of the sun is so large that it is able to pull in all the planets and what not
What is the force that hold the planets in orbit around the sun?
It is gravity that holds the planets in their orbits around the sun. Gravity is what gives "shape" to the solar system, to galaxies, and is the large-scale organizer of the universe as a whole.
What are is the Sun and the planets attracted to each other by?
Gravity and inertia. The Sun's gravity holds all the planets in orbit with its immense gravity, and the planets have no tendency to change their orbits due to the law of inertia which implies that the planets will stay in their elliptical patterns until a force acts on them to change that status.
Is it true that Kepler's laws holds only for the six planets known in his time?
No. It holds for other planets, and for any other situation where one objects orbits another - for example, moons orbiting planets, stars orbiting a black hole, etc.
What force holds inner planets tightly to the sun?
Gravity :) (Gravity also holds the outer planets tightly to the Sun.)
Why is gravity important in the solarsystem?
All solar orbits (of planets, comets, asteroids, etc.) are the work of gravity. Without gravity, each of these objects would sail off in a straight line, and there would be no solar system. Actually, when you think about it, gravity is what holds the sun together. So without it, there would be no sun, and without a sun, there certainly couldn't be a solar system. And also oh by the way, gravity is what holds each planet and asteroid together.
Are planets held in place by gravity?
Yes they are the sun has gravity that holds the planets in place.
What is the function of orbits?
gravity. the stuff that holds us on earth.
