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Mercury travels at about 48 kilometres per second, or 172,000 kilometres per hour.

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IF the earth is attracted to the sun what keeps it from falling into the sun?

The Earth does not fall into the sun because it is moving fast enough around it. Imagine a weight on the end of a string like a conker, with the weight being the earth, and where you hold the string being the sun. If you swing it around fast enough, the weight spins in circles and does not go near your hand, but if you swing it slowly, the weight will fall in. So because the earth is spinning fast enough around the sun, it does not fall in.


How many times does the earth go around the sun year?

The earth goes around the sun 1 time per year. Scientests have been studing the sun and how fast its moving and the sun seems to be speeding up!


Why doesn't the Earth fall into the Sun?

The Earth does not fall into the sun because it is moving fast enough around it. Imagine a weight on the end of a string like a conker, with the weight being the earth, and where you hold the string being the sun. If you swing it around fast enough, the weight spins in circles and does not go near your hand, but if you swing it slowly, the weight will fall in. So because the earth is spinning fast enough around the sun, it does not fall in.


How fast does it take to go around the earth to go around the sun?

It takes one year and 1/4 of a day. This is why we have an extra day on Leap Years, so that we do not "lose" this 1/4 of a day every year.


How Do Planets Travel Around The Sun?

Planets travel around the Sun in elliptical orbits due to the gravitational pull of the Sun. This gravitational force keeps the planets in their respective paths, causing them to move in a continuous loop around the Sun. The speed at which a planet travels around the Sun depends on its distance from the Sun and the mass of the Sun.

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How fast does mars go around the sun per hour?

46


How fast does the earths moon go around the sun?

The moon orbits the Earth, which takes one year to go around the Sun.


How long do it take Eris to go around the sun?

It takes Eris approximately 557 Earth years to complete one orbit around the Sun.


Why Mercury zooms around the sun at a speed of 30 miles per second?

Because Mercury is so close to the sun, it needs to go that fast or it would be pulled into the sun and destroyed.


Does the size of a planet affect the time it takes to go around the sun?

no because the planet dose not go fast or slow about its weight it depens on the revalvtation.


How the planet go around the sun?

There are eight planets that go around the sun.


IF the earth is attracted to the sun what keeps it from falling into the sun?

The Earth does not fall into the sun because it is moving fast enough around it. Imagine a weight on the end of a string like a conker, with the weight being the earth, and where you hold the string being the sun. If you swing it around fast enough, the weight spins in circles and does not go near your hand, but if you swing it slowly, the weight will fall in. So because the earth is spinning fast enough around the sun, it does not fall in.


How many times does the earth go around the sun year?

The earth goes around the sun 1 time per year. Scientests have been studing the sun and how fast its moving and the sun seems to be speeding up!


How fast does Saturn go to orbit the sun?

140,00o kilometers


How fast does Jupiter go around the sun?

Jupiter orbits the sun in about 10 hours (600 minutes.) Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet. It orbits around the Sun over 100 thousand minutes faster than Earth. Jupiter orbits the Sun about 8750 minutes faster than Earth.


Why doesn't the Earth fall into the Sun?

The Earth does not fall into the sun because it is moving fast enough around it. Imagine a weight on the end of a string like a conker, with the weight being the earth, and where you hold the string being the sun. If you swing it around fast enough, the weight spins in circles and does not go near your hand, but if you swing it slowly, the weight will fall in. So because the earth is spinning fast enough around the sun, it does not fall in.


How does it take the moon to go around the sun?

it takes a year or 365 1/4 to go around the sun