Probably not, because as per Physical Science rules, the more mass an object has the more gravity it has. In this case, the sun is so large that all the planets in the solar system could fit in it with space left! If the sun wasn't there, there would be some level of gravity, but definitely not enough to keep the planets aligned.
Energy comes from the sun, which is our natural ligh. The sun produces heat and light for the planets. Without the sun we would not exist and the planets would go off in a straight line.
Without the suns pull of gravity, the Earth and any other planet would move in a straight line. It is the sun that forces the planets to move in an orbit.
The revolution (not rotation) of the planets around the sun is not an example of straight gravity. It is a combination of two forces: gravity and inertia. Gravity, working without inertia, would pull the planets into the sun, in a straight line. Inertia, working without gravity, would send the planets sailing through the galaxy, in a straight line. The total effect of these two opposing forces is an orbital path. Gravity and inertia, in this situation, are also referred to as centripetal and centrifugal forces.
If the force of gravity suddenly stopped acting on the planets, they would continue moving in a straight line at a constant speed, following Newton's first law of motion. Without the force of gravity to pull them towards the Sun, the planets would travel in a tangential direction away from their current orbital paths.
the planets would drift off into space in a straight line=========================================You're really asking "How would they move ...", because there is actuallyplenty of gravity in the solar system, and that's what keeps the planetsmoving in the way that they do move.If there were none, then a planet would sail off at a constant speed andin a straight line, forever.The answer may even be more complicated than that. Gravity is the mainthing that holds planets together. So without it, there probably wouldn'teven be any planets.Or stars.
Each of the planets, moons and asteroids are actually moving fairly quickly. The Earth, for example, has an orbital speed of a little upwards of 66,000 miles per hour. Without gravity to keep things orbiting, everything would continue in a straight line straight out into space.
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.
Each of the planets, moons and asteroids are actually moving fairly quickly. The Earth, for example, has an orbital speed of a little upwards of 66,000 miles per hour. Without gravity to keep things orbiting, everything would continue in a straight line straight out into space.
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Each of the planets, moons and asteroids are actually moving fairly quickly. The Earth, for example, has an orbital speed of a little upwards of 66,000 miles per hour. Without gravity to keep things orbiting, everything would continue in a straight line straight out into space.
Yes, if there were no force of the Sun's gravity, planets would travel in a straight line due to the concept of inertia, which describes an object's tendency to continue moving at a constant velocity in a straight line unless acted upon by an external force.
If no force, the planets would move in a straight line, not in a orbit around the sun.