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The sun's gravity keeps them in orbit and prevents them from flying off into space. The planets travel quickly enough that they do not fall into the sun.
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Does the sun have a moon?
The sun has 8 or 9 major planets and thousands of smaller objects orbiting around it. Some of the planets have many moons. (eg Neptune has 13) It can have moons but so far all of the moons are to close to the planets to get caught in the sun's orbit.
Howmany planets are in space?
We do not know how many planets there are in space. But the answer would be in Billions or trillions. There are 8 planets in our Solar System.
How do planets move around the solar system?
Objects are attracted to other objects. now this is much more complex than that but I neither have the technical knowledge or time to truly explain all that. So because particles are attracted to each other the more mass an object has the more it pulls or attracts other objects, we call this force gravity. Objects such as planets that are orbiting other things (typically stars due to their massive size) are in a place where the force of gravity is not allowing them to escape but not entirely pulling them in. Stars (like the Sun) and planets form from fast-swirling clouds of dust. When their force of gravity is great enough, the swirls clump together into a spherical ball. That does not make them stop spinning or stop them from orbiting the Sun. We see that there is very little to make the spinning, orbiting planets slow their spins or orbits.
How many planets orbit around the sun?
8 planets orbit our sun.From the Sun.MercuryVenusEarthMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptune.See related question for the dwarf planets.
How many objects orbit the Sun?
Thousands inluding the 8 planets, the dwarf planets, the asteroids in the asteroid belt, and comets.
8 of these orbit the sun?
There are 8 planets orbiting the sun.
How many planet's orbit?
8 planets is orbiting the sun
Why is there only one planet that orbits the sun?
There are 8 planets orbiting the Sun in our solar system.
Does the sun have a moon?
The sun has 8 or 9 major planets and thousands of smaller objects orbiting around it. Some of the planets have many moons. (eg Neptune has 13) It can have moons but so far all of the moons are to close to the planets to get caught in the sun's orbit.
Does the sun haves moons?
The Sun has 8 major planets orbiting it, as well as asteroids, meteoroids and comets. However, it can never have a moon because moons are objects that orbit a planet, not a star, like the sun.
How many planets are there in the entire world?
The "world" constitutes the planet Earth. There are 8 major planets around the Sun in our solar system, and many more orbiting other stars. (see related question)
What will happen if you don't have sun?
If the sun where to abruptly cease to exist, after 8 minutes, the planets orbiting it would careen off into space. This would be due to the sudden ceaseation of the effect of the sun's gravity, which can only travel at the speed of light.
According to modern theory how was the solar system formed?
The best view of the solar system is that from either of the two Voyager spacecraft which show the solar system from outside. The modern view of the solar system is that there are 8 planets orbiting the Sun. There are also a lot of smaller bodies orbiting the Sun. They are mainly the dwarf planets, asteroids, Kuiper Belt objects, and comets.
What consists of 8 planets and a sun?
Our solar system consists of 8 planets and the sun, plus 5 dwarf planets and thousands of minor planets.
What do the 8 planets orbit in?
The 8 planets orbit around the Sun, in ellipses.
How long are the planets orbits?
8 planets orbit the sun
Howmany planets are in space?
We do not know how many planets there are in space. But the answer would be in Billions or trillions. There are 8 planets in our Solar System.
