How do planets float in space without any gravity?

Answer 1

Gravity from the sun. If a planet went too slow it would fall directly into the sun. It a planet went too fast it would shoot itself directly into space. The planets move just the right speed to stay around the sun.

Answer 2

They do not "float". The planets are in motion, and that motion is governed by the gravitational pull of the Sun (and, to a lesser extent, that of the other planets). The position of the planets and their respective velocities is such that there is a balance which keeps the planets in their orbits, as opposed to either flying out into space or being pulled into the Sun.

Answer 3

Gravity is a force that makes every two bodies in the universe attracted to each other. Your computer and you, the earth and you, etc... The more massive two objects are, and the closer they are, the more attracted they are to each other.

When we're on the earth we have a feeling of been pulled down because we are attracted to the earth, and the earth is equally attracted to us, just the earth is so massive that it does not move very much towards us. So we always are being pulled towards the center of the earth, our down.

In space though things are not necessarily pulled in any one direction all of time. There is no down. And it is because there is no real down in space that objects, to us earthlings, appear to float. The planets are being pulled by the gravity of every single object in the universe, but there is no main object, like earth to us, that makes everything in the universe fall down, and so everything just floats were it is.

Answer 4

Planets do have gravity, which is the force that keeps them in orbit around stars like the sun. The combination of a planet’s forward motion and the gravitational pull of the star creates a balance where the planet orbits in space without falling into the star or flying off into space.

Answer 5

There is no gravity in space so the planets wont fall they will float

Answer 6

gravity,my friend,gravity.