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Which of the following forces causes comets to regularly return to the inner solar system after being gone for many years?
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∙ 9y ago
Unfortunately, you neglected to include the list of allowable choices that "follows"
the question. Still, I know the answer.
The force that keeps comets in closed orbits around the sun is the one that has
the same effect on the planets; gravity. The only difference is that the orbits
of the long-term comets are much more 'eccentric' (long and skinny) than those
of the planets, so they have much shorter minimum distances from the sun, and
much longer maximum distances, than planetary orbits have.
So, the correct awnser is Gravity.
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The Earth's gravitation.
What forces cause a rocket to fly?
look mass times acceleration equals potential gravity this causes rockets to launch
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What force keeps comets asteroids and meteors in their orbits?
The force that keeps asteroids moving through space is inertia. The law of inertia is that a body remains in its state of rest or uniformed motion unless acted upon by a force.
What is is the difference between the orbit of a comet and the orbit of a planet?
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What do you mean when you make a destinction of planets orbiting and the comets floating?
There is none. Both comets and planets are in free-fall, moving in accordance with their inertia and the gravitational forces between the Sun and the planet or asteroid.
Are there forces in space?
Of course. That's how planets, comets, and moons are maintained in closed orbits around other masses.
What force or forces act on a comet?
Nothing fuels a comet. They are just ice balls orbiting the Sun forever (until they run into something). By the way, the tails of comets do not stream out behind them. The tails of comets always point away from the Sun.
Which of the following is defined as forces that provide airlift support to deploying forces?
Mobility Forces
What forces causes movement?
gravity?
What causes static forces?
Friction is the force that causes static charge
Which one causes more movement balanced forces or unbalanced forces?
unbalenced
What is one way forces act on a atoms?
Forces causes bonds to form
How do comets move so fast?
I would think by getting pulled into gravitational forces and being swung right back out into space.
Which four forces causes a airplane to become airborne?
There are two forces that causes an airplane to be airborne. They are Thrust and Lift. The other two forces resists the airplane's flight. They are Gravity and Drag.
What causes the stress in the Earth's crust?
Some is caused by magma following heat vectors within the body of the planet, and some is caused by tidal forces working on the earth from the outside.
What forces causes rectilinear motion?
gravity
