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Why a piece of material floating in space burns up when it gets pulled in by earth's gravity?
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The extreme friction on reentry causes a large amount of heat and the object burns up.
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A meteor is an asteroid that has been captured by a planet's or a moon's gravity and has been pulled away from the sun's gravity true or false?
Sort of a Meteor is a part of an Asteroid, but it starts to burn up in entering the earths atmosphere
Why does Air stay within the Atmosphere - solid and liquid are pulled by gravity BUT i don't agree Air is pulled by gravity?
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Does gravity pull ONLY down?
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Objects in projectile motion are pulled down by?
gravity
The earths atmosphere came from where?
Gravity pulled it in.
How do Earth and moon move through the space?
they are pulled by the Earths gravity
Why is planet earths journey around the sun?
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What keeps astronauts from being pulled by the earths gravitational force?
Nothing keeps them from being pulled. Earth's gravity certainly pulls on them.
Why does the moon follow an elliptical orbit around the earth?
Because it is pulled in by the earths gravity and therefore orbits the earth.
Would air go into space if your earths ozone layer was broken?
No, it won't. Air is pulled in atmosphere by earth's gravity.
The moon is an smalll rocky staelite?
It's Not. It is a very large rock that got pulled in my earths gravity and got into orbit.
How did the earth's moon get there?
a giant meteor was pulled into earths gravity being too big it could only orbit earth
What happens to objects that enter the earths atmosphere?
the objects which enter the earths atmosphere are being pulled down towards the earths surface due to the earths gravity. And so it leads to falling falling of large objects from the space on the surface of the earth.
Why do less dense compounds make up earths crust while the densest compound make up the earths core?
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Are Saturns rings of asteroids?
The objects in Saturn's rings don't qualify as asteroids. They're just floating pieces of rock and ice pulled in by Saturn's gravity.
How does gravity affect the earths surface?
It makes things weigh more or less, depending on the surface gravity.
