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Gravity I believe. If not, try orbitity.

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What was the name of the scientist who showed that gravity keeps planets and moons in orbit?

Isaac Newton


What is the name of the the sun and planets together?

The sun and all the celestial bodies that orbit it, including planets, moons, asteroids, and comets, make up our solar system.


How do you use the word orbit in a sentence?

An orbit is the pathway that an object follows around a center. Planets orbit their sun, and electrons orbit the nucleus of the atom. Here are some more sentences.The comet traveled through the planet's orbit and almost hit a moon.The asteroid fell from orbit and was pulled into the sun.Her friends orbit her as if she were their sun.The planets orbit the sun.There are hundreds of satellites in orbit around our planet. Orbit is the brand name of a chewing gum in the UK. I wonder what it would be like to pilot a space craft and orbit the Earth It takes 27 days 7 hours 43 minutes for the Moon to orbit the Earth once.


Name the planets in the order they orbit the sun?

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune


What is the path that planets follow around the Sun called?

The path is called the orbit. There are 8 planets (excluding Pluto and the other dwarf planets) with separate paths at various unique distances from the Sun.The planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune (in order of increasing distance from the Sun).The path that a planet takes while traveling around the sun is called its orbit. Mercury has the fastest orbit, at 88 days. Neptune has the longest orbit, at 165 years.

Related Questions

The gravitational force of the sun keeps planets in its own orbit what is the name of the force?

Gravity.


What is the name of an orbit that your planets travel in?

It is called as ORBIT.


What is the special name given to the path which planets travel?

The name is orbit, planetary orbit


Could you name the forces the earth to orbit the sun?

The force of gravity keeps the Earth (and all the other planets) orbiting the Sun.


What is the name when planets travel around the sun?

Planets orbit the sun.


What is the name of the path that the planets take?

ORBIT


What is the name for the paths the planets follow?

? ? ? An orbit.


Name the path on which planets travel?

The path on which planets travel is called their orbit.


Which planets orbit the sun?

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are the eight planets which orbit The Sun. 598 extrasolar planets have been discovered (thus far) which orbit other stars ("The Sun" is the proper name for our local star).All planets (and asteroids and comets) orbit the Sun.All moons orbit planets.


What is the name of the force that makes the earth orbit the sun that starts with C?

The name of the force that makes the earth orbit the sun doesn't start with ' C '. The force that does it is the force of gravity.


Name of the orbit around the sun?

The SHAPE of the orbit the Earth and most planets and other bodies of mass in space are usually elliptical.


What was the name of the scientist who showed that gravity keeps planets and moons in orbit?

Isaac Newton