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No, the gravitational force is always one of attraction, unlike electrical forces which can attract and repel depending on positive or negative charges.

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Are the sun and the planets attracted to each other?

Yes, the sun and planets are attracted to each other through the force of gravity. The sun's massive gravity keeps the planets in orbit around it, while the planets also have gravitational effects on each other.


What would happen if the planets did not repel the gravitational pull of the sun?

Then we are launched into other places in the universe, there will be no consistency. Your choice of words is inaccurate. Planets do not repel the gravitational pull of the sun, but you could say that they resist it. Their angular momentum keeps them in orbit around the sun. If they were to lose that angular momentum, then they would fall into the sun and burn up completely, leaving nothing behind but super-heated gas.


Is it true that- gravity holds planets in orbit because planets are attracted to each other's gravitational force?

No, gravity holds planets in orbit around the sun because the sun's gravity pulls on them. This gravitational force between the sun and planets keeps them in their respective orbits. The force between planets themselves is much smaller and mainly affects their interactions with each other rather than their orbits around the sun.


Why do the earth moon and all the other planets revolve around the sun?

The planets revolve around the sun due to the force of gravity. Gravity causes objects with mass to be attracted to each other. The sun's massive gravitational pull keeps the planets in orbit around it.


Why are the planets in spaced out?

Planets are spaced out because of the gravitational forces between them. The gravitational pull from the sun and other celestial bodies affects the orbits of the planets, determining their positions in the solar system. This spacing allows each planet to maintain its own distinct path around the sun.

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What from the sun holds the planets in orbit?

The Sun AND its planets attract each other with gravitic force.


Are the sun and the planets attracted to each other?

Yes, the sun and planets are attracted to each other through the force of gravity. The sun's massive gravity keeps the planets in orbit around it, while the planets also have gravitational effects on each other.


Why don't planets attract each other?

because gravity and inertia are kinda of playing a game of tug a war but both sides are equal so they do not move


Why don't planets bump into each other?

because the gravatational pull from the sun and other planets keep the planets going in a circler motion and not bumping into each other.Answerbecause the gravatational pull from the sun and other planets keep the planets going in a circler motion and not bumping into each other. the planets each have defined Elliptical, not circular, orbits that remain constant because of gravitational pull of the sun and from each other. Pluto does have such an elliptical orbit that for a time it was closer than Neptune, but they will never collide with their current paths.


What keeps the planets and sun from hitting each other?

gravitational forces


How does gravity between the sun and planets control the path the planets make around the sun?

The sizes of the Sun and planets determine the strength of gravitational pull of the planets on each other and the Sun. The Sun's mass is so great that the planets can't escape from the Sun's pull and so as the planets are moving by the Sun pulls them back into orbit.


What would happen if the planets did not repel the gravitational pull of the sun?

Then we are launched into other places in the universe, there will be no consistency. Your choice of words is inaccurate. Planets do not repel the gravitational pull of the sun, but you could say that they resist it. Their angular momentum keeps them in orbit around the sun. If they were to lose that angular momentum, then they would fall into the sun and burn up completely, leaving nothing behind but super-heated gas.


Is it true that- gravity holds planets in orbit because planets are attracted to each other's gravitational force?

No, gravity holds planets in orbit around the sun because the sun's gravity pulls on them. This gravitational force between the sun and planets keeps them in their respective orbits. The force between planets themselves is much smaller and mainly affects their interactions with each other rather than their orbits around the sun.


Why do the earth moon and all the other planets revolve around the sun?

The planets revolve around the sun due to the force of gravity. Gravity causes objects with mass to be attracted to each other. The sun's massive gravitational pull keeps the planets in orbit around it.


Why are the planets in spaced out?

Planets are spaced out because of the gravitational forces between them. The gravitational pull from the sun and other celestial bodies affects the orbits of the planets, determining their positions in the solar system. This spacing allows each planet to maintain its own distinct path around the sun.


What is the distances between the sun and the other planets in the solar system?

The difference is that the sun is a star, the other planets are just planets


What are is the Sun and the planets attracted to each other by?

Gravity and inertia. The Sun's gravity holds all the planets in orbit with its immense gravity, and the planets have no tendency to change their orbits due to the law of inertia which implies that the planets will stay in their elliptical patterns until a force acts on them to change that status.