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the planets would drift off into space in a straight line

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You're really asking "How would they move ...", because there is actually

plenty of gravity in the solar system, and that's what keeps the planets

moving in the way that they do move.

If there were none, then a planet would sail off at a constant speed and

in a straight line, forever.

The answer may even be more complicated than that. Gravity is the main

thing that holds planets together. So without it, there probably wouldn't

even be any planets.

Or stars.

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