Only under once circumstance: a binary planet. In the case of a binary planet, two planets will revolve about their common center of mass and travel around their star together. The configuration is much like that of a planet with a large moon.
If a planet doesn't follow its orbital path, then it may crash into other planets, moons and/or other object floating around in space.
No, planets do not share the same orbit. Each planet in our solar system travels along its own distinct path around the Sun. The varying distances and speeds of planets in their orbits prevent them from sharing the same orbit.
No two planets in our solar system have overlapping orbits. Each planet follows its own distinct orbital path around the Sun. The paths are unique and do not intersect or overlap.
Mercury travels the least distance to go around the Sun once, as it has the shortest orbital path of all the planets in our solar system.
Its mainly due to their size, and the fact that Dwarf Planets have not cleared their orbit of enough of the other rocks and planetoids that are also at that orbit. Pluto has not cleared its orbit of enough matter to be deemed a major planet, while all of the remaining 8 planets have.
Planets have elliptical orbits around the sun.
Planets travel in space along an invisible path called their orbital trajectory. This path is determined by the gravitational pull of the star they are orbiting, causing them to move in an elliptical path. The planets follow these orbital trajectories as they revolve around the star in their respective orbits.
Pluto has asteroids in its orbital path. Planets don't.
If a planet doesn't follow its orbital path, then it may crash into other planets, moons and/or other object floating around in space.
All massive objects in the solar system feel the gravitational influence of their primary and most follow an orbital path around it - the majority of the mass orbiting the Sun, including planets, asteroids, comets, etc. A common orbital path, such as the planets follow, is shaped like an ellipse with the Sun at the ellipse's focus. Moons which orbit planets follow a smaller orbital path around their primary (for example, the Earth's Moon follows a path around Earth which it completes in about a month). If objects felt mutual gravitational pull of another object but did not have sufficient relative orbital momentum, they would collide.
Pluto is unable to clear its orbital path of debris.
Venus' orbital path is the most circular of all the planets. The eccentricity of the orbit of Venus is less than 0.01.
No, planets do not share the same orbit. Each planet in our solar system travels along its own distinct path around the Sun. The varying distances and speeds of planets in their orbits prevent them from sharing the same orbit.
If planets had no orbital momentum, the gravitational pull from the Sun would pull them into the Sun. Essentially, an orbit is a stable path where an object is constantly falling towards its primary and constantly missing.
No two planets in our solar system have overlapping orbits. Each planet follows its own distinct orbital path around the Sun. The paths are unique and do not intersect or overlap.
The gravity of there star keeps them on path and a planets moon is sun around by its planets gravitational force
What you are referring to is known as orbiting around an object. This involves moving in a circular or elliptical path around another object, maintaining a certain distance from it. Orbital motion is commonly observed in celestial bodies like planets orbiting around the sun.