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What makes the planets to move around the sun?

The planets orbit the Sun because of gravity and their angular momentum, which ultimately derives from the energy of the Big Bang.


What forces cause the planets to go around the sun and stay in their orbits?

The force of gravity between the planets and the sun is what keeps the planets in their orbits. Gravity pulls the planets towards the sun, but their forward velocity keeps them moving in a circular or elliptical path around it. This balance between gravity and velocity enables the planets to stay in their orbits around the sun.


What keeps the planets and other solar system objects in orbit around the sun?

The force of gravity is what keeps planets and other objects in orbit around the sun, along with the angular momentum of the planets and objects. Without gravity, they would just fly away into space, and without angular momentum, they would just fall into the sun. But both of those together produce orbital motion.


Which force is responsible for making planets and satellites travel in near circular orbits?

Gravity is the force responsible for making planets and satellites travel in near circular orbits around a central body, such as the Sun or a planet. The gravitational pull between the central body and the orbiting object keeps it in a stable, elliptical path.


What helps keep the planets orbiting the sun?

The planets orbit the sun due to gravitational attraction. The sun's massive gravity pulls the planets towards it, while the planets' tangential velocity allows them to move in a circular or elliptical orbit around the sun. It's essentially a balance between the inward force of gravity and the outward force of the planets' momentum.

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Does planets move in circular path instead of straight lines?

Planets rotate around the sun. The path is not really circular for planets, it is actually ellipsoidal.


What keeps all the planets in their place?

the gravity of the sun pulls them in a circular motion.


What cause planets to orbit the sun?

i know only one and it's a good one, the sun's gravity pulls the planets from flying some where else EDIT: Gravity pulls objects together and angular momentum makes sure planets orbit


What makes the planets to move around the sun?

The planets orbit the Sun because of gravity and their angular momentum, which ultimately derives from the energy of the Big Bang.


The earths gravity keeps the planets circling the sun?

Actually, it's the gravity of the sun that keeps the planets in orbit around it. The force of gravity between the sun and the planets causes them to be pulled towards the sun, while their momentum keeps them moving in a circular or elliptical path.


What forces cause the planets to go around the sun and stay in their orbits?

The force of gravity between the planets and the sun is what keeps the planets in their orbits. Gravity pulls the planets towards the sun, but their forward velocity keeps them moving in a circular or elliptical path around it. This balance between gravity and velocity enables the planets to stay in their orbits around the sun.


Why do planets follow circular orbital paths?

Planets follow approximately circular orbital paths due to the gravitational pull of the central star they are orbiting. The force of gravity pulls the planet towards the star, causing it to move in a curved path, which in the absence of other forces tends to be circular due to the conservation of angular momentum.


What keeps the planets and other solar system objects in orbit around the sun?

The force of gravity is what keeps planets and other objects in orbit around the sun, along with the angular momentum of the planets and objects. Without gravity, they would just fly away into space, and without angular momentum, they would just fall into the sun. But both of those together produce orbital motion.


Which force is responsible for making planets and satellites travel in near circular orbits?

Gravity is the force responsible for making planets and satellites travel in near circular orbits around a central body, such as the Sun or a planet. The gravitational pull between the central body and the orbiting object keeps it in a stable, elliptical path.


What impact does gravity have on the planets and their orbit?

Without gravity, each of the planets would continue straight ahead into space, and become dispersed. Gravity holds them in their orbital paths around the Sun. Of course, without gravity, the Sun would explode, and the planets would also disintegrate and their mass would scatter because of the centrifugal force of their spin and angular momentum.


What helps keep the planets orbiting the sun?

The planets orbit the sun due to gravitational attraction. The sun's massive gravity pulls the planets towards it, while the planets' tangential velocity allows them to move in a circular or elliptical orbit around the sun. It's essentially a balance between the inward force of gravity and the outward force of the planets' momentum.


How does the planets orbit?

The planets orbit because of gravity and their momentum. They are constantly flying away from the sun, but at the same time are being pulled toward it by gravity. The end result is that they stay moving in a circular motion around the sun.