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The Sun's gravity pulls on the planets, just as Earth's gravity pulls down anything that is not held up by some other force and keeps you and me on the ground. Heavier objects (really, more massive ones) produce a bigger gravitational pull than lighter ones, so as the heavyweight in our solar system, the Sun exerts the strongest gravitational pull.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 10y agoBecause that's the way gravity works.
If you take Newton's simple formula for gravitational force (and the law of conservation of angular momentum) and if you have enough
calculus and geometry to be able to massage it sufficiently, you discover that any
two masses in space linked by the gravitational force between them must revolve
in elliptical paths around their common center of mass. And now you know
why.
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∙ 13y agoits because of the pull of gravity from the sun>
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∙ 13y agobecause of the sun's gravitational pull and the planets own speed equal out so that it forms an orbit.
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Do planets move around the sun in the opposite direction then the sun turns?
no
How do the planets move in the solar system?
The sun's gravity pulls the planets around it.
The planets move around the sun in a path called an?
The path around The sun is called a orbit
Does the sun travel around the planets or do the planets travel around the sun?
The planets travel around the sun.
Does the sun orbit the planets or do the planets orbit the sun?
The planets orbit the Sun. The Sun is at the center of our solar system and does not move.
What is the move around the sun?
That would be the planets around the sun.
What do the planets and the sun orbit?
the sun does not move, the planets orbit around the sun idiot.
Why the planets move around the sun?
The gravitational pull of the Sun.
What do the planets move around?
they orbit the sun
Do all planets move around the sun or around the earth?
The planets that make part of the solar system move around the Sun. The huge gravity power of the Sun maintain all planets and moons orbiting around it on an elliptical form.
What is heavenly objects move around the sun?
That would be the planets around the sun.
Why planets move along a circular path around sun?
They don't. They move in ellipses around the Sun.
Do planets move around the Sun in the opposite direction to that in which the Sun turns?
No
Do planets move around the sun in the opposite direction then the sun turns?
no
Do the planet's move around the sun?
The planets move in an act of gravity
Planets move around the sun in orbits?
elliptical
Who discovered that the planets move around the sun?
Copernicus
