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Do the planet have orbit?
Each planet is in its own orbit and obey's Kepler's laws of planetary motion. Newton later discovered that the Sun's gravity is what makes the planets move in their orbits in the way they do.
Is an orbit why a planet is a planet?
no because stars can orbit each other
How can you tell someting is a planet not a moon?
The planet will orbit the sun, while moons orbit the planet.
How does gravity determine the shape of an orbit?
Under the Sun's gravity a planet follows an elliptical orbit that conforms to Kepler's laws of planetary motion. This was discovered at the end of the 1600s by Isaac Newton.
What planet is the closet orbit?
Venus is the planet with the closest orbit to that of Earth.
How did newton's work on orbit add to the work Kepler had done?
Kepler made discoveries regarding the planet's distance from the sun and how long it takes a planet to orbit the sun. In Newton's Version of Kepler's Third Law, Newton expands on these ideas by using his Theory of Gravity.
Do the planet have orbit?
Each planet is in its own orbit and obey's Kepler's laws of planetary motion. Newton later discovered that the Sun's gravity is what makes the planets move in their orbits in the way they do.
What planet do comets orbit?
Comets don't orbit a planet, they orbit the sun.
Does Venus orbit a planet?
No, Venus does not orbit a planet. It orbits a star, which is our Sun. It can not orbit a planet , if it did it would be a moon
Which of newton's laws helps explain the orbit of a space shuttle around earth and the orbit of earth the sun?
The 2nd one. It took me a while to figure this out myself, so I hope this helped. :D
Does smaller planet orbit bigger planet or does bigger planet orbit smaller planet?
Planets orbit stars, not other planets. A planet-like object that orbits a planet is a moon.
Which planet has the smallest orbit and the largest orbit?
The plane with the smallest orbit is Mercury, and the planet with the largest orbit is Neptune.
What is the path of the planets?
Its Orbit.Johannes Kepler (Germany), who lived between the time of Copernicus (Poland) and Isaac Newton (England), correctly postulated that all of the sun's planets indeed revolve about the sun in orbits which have the shape of an ellipse, with the sun at one focus of the ellipse. Isaac Newton, in his Principiae Mathematica, further stated, essentially, that any planet orbiting any star, or any moon orbiting any planet, would follow an elliptical path.
The planet that has an orbit that intersects the orbit of the dwarf planet Pluto?
Neptune.
What is the shape of a planet's orbit and what does it contribute?
The shape of a planet's orbit is elliptical.
What does the orbit of a planet look like?
The orbit of a planet is commonly an ellipse.
Is an orbit why a planet is a planet?
no because stars can orbit each other
