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Who was the scientist who explained the force that keeps the planets from going in a straight line out into space?
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What outside force prevents the planets from moving in a straight line into space?
The force of gravity.
If the force of gravity suddenly stopped acting on the planets they would do what?
Gravity is what keeps the planets going in their orbits. If gravity just stopped, then the planets would go flying in a straight line tangent to their orbit.
What were the two factors Isaac Newton concluded that combined to keep the planets in orbit?
1) The gravitational attraction between the planets and the Sun. 2) The "inertia" of the planets. That's their tendency to move in a straight line unless a force (gravity in this case) acts on them.
What force keep the planets in motion?
Inertia is the force that causes planets to move in a straight line. The gravity of a more massive body, such as the sun, causes them to fall into orbit instead of continuing in a straight line.
What keeps the planets and sun in orbit?
The question probably means "What keeps the planets in orbit around the Sun?" The answer to that is : The Sun's gravitational attraction provides the force needed to keep the planets in orbit. This force doesn't pull the planets any closer to the Sun, but it stops the planets moving away (at a tangent to their orbits) due to their own velocities.
Which scientist explained why planets orbit the sun and moons orbit the planets?
ANSWER Sir Isak Newton was the first person to realise that the force of gravity was universal. It is Kepler motion that describes the elliptically orbits of the planets.
Who is the first scientist to explained the force of gravity?
sir issac newton
Why don't planets travel in straight line?
Inertia is the tendency of objects to keep moving in a straight line. They "want" to go in a straight line, so to speak. However that is changed when a force acts on them. In the case of planets, that force is the gravitational force between the planet and the Sun.So that's why planets orbit the Sun instead of traveling in a straight line.
What outside force prevents the planets from moving in a straight line into space?
The force of gravity.
How could newton's first law of motion explain that a force is acting between the sun and its planets?
If no force, the planets would move in a straight line, not in a orbit around the sun.
Why do Newton's laws show a force must be acting on the planets?
That is because planets don't move in a straight line. Thus, there velocity changes; and changing the velocity requires a force.
What force works with gravity to keep the planets from being pulled into the sun?
That's "centrifugal force". It's not a "real" force like gravity, but is a convenient way of describing the effect of the inertia of the planets. (The planets would move in straight lines if they were not in a gravity field.)
Who explained that the force that keeps the planets and the moon in their orbits is gravity?
My balls. They lay a nuclear active radiated gas that explains the whole theory.
Newton's 1st law of motion states that a moving object will go in a straight line unless an outside force changes this motion What outside force prevents the planets from moving in a straight line in?
It's not that there is some force keeping the planets from falling into the sun; the sun's gravity prevents the planets from travelling in a straight line out of the solar system. If you throw a ball in a straight line then it keeps going, but if you throw a ball on a rope tied to a pole then the rope pulls the ball toward the pole and keeps the ball moving in a circle.
Why do planets continue to orbit around the sun?
The force of gravity keeps the planets in their orbits, and without it they would all go off in straight lines into interstellar space.
If the force of gravity suddenly stopped acting on the planets they would do what?
Gravity is what keeps the planets going in their orbits. If gravity just stopped, then the planets would go flying in a straight line tangent to their orbit.
If you were a scientist will you undertake a study of0 the earth's interior explain your answer?
because isaac newton calulted fro his studies of planets and the force of gravity
