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Who showed that planets and moons stay in orbit due to gravity?
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∙ 14y ago
Sir Isaac newton showed that all objects in the universe attract each other through gravitational force, in other words, he was the one that showed that planets and moons stay in orbit due to gravity :)
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∙ 12y agoThis is proved by Sir Isaac Newton who worked on the Universal Law of Gravitation.
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What was the name of the scientist who showed that gravity keeps planets and moons in orbit?
Isaac Newton
Planets and moons are kept in orbit by the force of?
Mass and gravity
Why do the moons stay in orbit around Jupiter?
Any moon is held in orbit by gravity, just as the planets are held in orbit around the sun by gravity.
What holds planets and moons in orbit?
The Sun`s gravity holds all the planets in orbit in space.The gravitational attraction from our Sun.
Do the stars orbit the planets or do planets orbit stars?
Moons orbit planets. Planets orbit stars. Some stars orbit other stars, or orbit their mutual center of gravity. Stars orbit the center of the galaxy. Galaxies may orbit the center of the "galactic group".
What was the name of the scientist who showed that gravity keeps planets and moons in orbit?
Isaac Newton
Do moons and asteroids orbit the sun?
Asteroids orbit the sun. Moons orbit planets and planets orbit the sun. So you could say the moons orbit the sun. However, moons are kept in their orbits by the gravity of their planet and planets are kept in orbit by the gravity of the sun. So in that sense, moons do not orbit the sun.
What keeps the planets and moons in their orbit?
gravity
How do moons orbit the planets?
the planets do not orbit the moon but the moon orbits the planets because of gravity and inertia
Planets and moons are kept in orbit by the force of?
Mass and gravity
Why do the moons stay in orbit around Jupiter?
Any moon is held in orbit by gravity, just as the planets are held in orbit around the sun by gravity.
How many moons do the suns have?
The Sun has no moons. Moons orbit Planets > Planets orbit the Sun.
Why does moons orbit the planets?
because the planets' gravity pull them so that they do not go away and the moons revolve around them with a constant speed so they stay in their orbit
Why do planets orbit stars and moons orbit stars?
Because stars have a greater amount of gravity
Can gravity consist without air?
Yes, gravity is present in a vacuum. If it weren't, planets wouldn't orbit the sun, moons wouldn't orbit planets ect.
What holds planets and moons in orbit?
The Sun`s gravity holds all the planets in orbit in space.The gravitational attraction from our Sun.
Why are there no moons around moons?
Most moons orbit close enough to their planets that the planet's gravity would render any orbit around a moon unstable in the long term.
