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What force keeps planets and moons going in orbits?

The force of gravity causes orbits.


What is the force that keeps the earth and the moon in their orbits?

Gravity.


What force keeps the planets moving forward in their orbits?

The force you seek is gravity.


What force is responible for the orbits of the planets in the solar system?

Gravity from the Sun holds the planets in their orbits.


What is the force that along with inertia keeps the planets in their orbits?

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i think its is by the force of gravity planets are kepet orbit


What forces or things that affect orbits?

Gravity is the only real force at work here, The mass affects the gravity, but the gravity is the only one that could be termed a "force".


What is the name of the force which keeps the planet in their orbits?

the name of the force iis called gravity or its gravitational pull


What are the 2 forces not keeps the planets in their respective orbits?

Centripetal force and Gravity


What force orbits around the earth?

No force orbits around the Earth. Forces do not orbit. The force that keeps material objects in orbit around the Earth is the mutual force of gravity between the Earth and the object.


How does gravity make satellites orbit the earth?

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