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Why the planets and other objects in the solar system orbit around the sun?
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∙ 14y ago
The gravitational attraction between the sun and the planets causes them to follow an elliptical orbit at varying speeds, dependant on the planet's mass and distance from the sun.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThey orbit the sun because of gravity.
The suns gravity is so great that it can hold in all the following planets, plus lots of asteroids
Mercury, Venus Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto (now not a planet, but a dwarf star).
In that order from closest to furthest.
But what the person above me doesn't seem to notice is that the question was "why", not "what."
It's because the Sun is a star and stars have gravity. The Sun's gravity is more powerful than the planets, but at the same time, the Planets gravity repel from the Sun's gravity. But the Sun only let's each planet go so far. After they reach that edge, Newton's law applies. An object in motion stays in motion unless opposing force stops it. In this case, nothing stops the planet except for the Sun's gravity, which only changes it's direction.
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∙ 14y agobecause the gravity keep them in the solar system :)
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∙ 11y agoBecause the Sun has a great gravitational pull on the planets.
Without the Sun the planets would travel in straight lines (ignoring other gravitational forces in the Universe.)
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∙ 14y agoObjects and planets orbit the sun because of the sun's gravitaional pull.
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∙ 13y agothe Sun has a gravitational pull stronger than any planet so the planets have to go at the right speed to make it around the sun if not the planets would get sucked in and burned
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∙ 15y agoGravity
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What keeps the planets and other objects in the solar system in orbit around the sun?
The gravitational force between the sun and each object in the solar system
What is a result of gravitational forces in the Solar System?
the orbit of planets around the Sun in the Solar systemthe orbit of moons around their planets in the Solar system
What planet do all the planets evolve around?
I am not familiar with planets evolving around any singular planet. If you are referring to orbit, the planets orbit the sun, a star, not a planet, in our solar system. Some planets have moons in their orbit.
Do all planets orbit the sun?
yes all planets must orbit the sun or else it would burn a planet or freeze a planet
The largest objects that orbit the sun are called?
planets.
What is a moon and how does it move around the solar system?
Moons are approximately spherical objects which orbit planets and are smaller than the planets that they orbit, although they are still relatively large objects (so an orbiting dust particle does not qualify as a moon). Since moons orbit planets, their motion around the solar system is controlled by the planets that they orbit; planets orbit the sun, and planets take their moons with them.
Which objects in the solar system orbit directly around the sun and which don't?
The planets,asteroids,and comets. There is nothing that doesn't orbit the sun.
What is the name of objects that revolve around planets?
Objects that are in orbit around planets are commonly called satellites
Does planets orbit around the solar system?
No, they orbit around the Sun. The planets and the Sun are all in our solar system.
Is it true that a star with its orbiting planets is the solar system?
Yes, the solar system consists of a large central star (called the sun for our solar system), with planets that ore in orbit around it. There are other bodies in orbit around the sun also, such as minor planets, asteroids, comets, and other small objects.
Is all planets orbit around the sun?
All planets in our solar system orbit around the Sun.
Forces is responsible for keeping the planets in orbit around the Sun?
The solar system's planets, planetesimals, asteroids, and comets are held in orbit by the force of gravity, the mutual attraction between these objects and the Sun.
How many planets in your solar system revolve around the sun?
In our solar system, eight known planets revolve or orbit around the Sun (as do a lot of other objects, dwarf or minor planets, asteroids, comets, and so forth).
Why is Jupiter like a small solar system?
Because it has objects rotating around it, very similar to the way that planets orbit around the Sun.
What do all the planets orbit around?
All the planets in OUR solar system orbit around the sun(which is a star). Planets in other solar systems orbit around other stars.
What is are planet system-?
its the universe with our planets and moons in it
What types of Non-Planetary Objects Inhabit the Solar System?
Besides the 8 recognised planets in our solar system, there are also minor plants and dwarf planets. These still orbit our sun, but are not large enough to qualify as a planet. There are also comets - small bodies of rock and ice that are in a highly eccentric orbit around our sun, asteroids, which are smaller objects in orbit around the sun (mainly between orbits of Mars and Jupiter), Kuiper belt objects, which are out beyond the orbit of Neptune and Oort cloud objects, which is further out still. There are also moons and artificial satellites - not in a direct orbit around the sun, but in direct orbit with objects that are then rhemselves in direct orbit around the sun.
