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The prime force that keeps a planet's orbit around the sun is called "gravity".
There seems to be an attraction between molecules and bodies in free space.
If these bodies possessed no existing momentum in some other direction ... in other words, if these bodies were more or less 'still' in space (which they are not - all things are in motion) ... but if they were still, they would immediately commence moving towards one another. As gravity is a Force, and forces possess an acceleration component, their attraction towards one another would pick up speed indefinitely - moving ever faster until they collided with one another with quite some impact.
The size or "mass", specifically, of a body also determines the force of gravity which it exerts on other objects.
But as bodies are naturally all moving in a direction within space, there exists some interplay between their mass, their existing direction of movement and the force of attraction that exists between these bodies in question.
It seems, however, that design is such that bodies are moving in a set path. They seem to be in position such that their natural momentum in space is just sufficiently 'reigned in' enough by the gravity or the attraction that exists between these bodies that they are maintained in some perceptibly 'fixed' orbit around the sun. Of course, in addition to the sun, there are other moving bodies and forces out there which are also involved and which also exert some influence upon the orbit of any one planet and cause an interplay which affects the whole system generally: it is not merely a fact of the dual relationship between just the planet and sun. The many other objects in existence all carry their effect as well. There exists quite a complexity of involvement between all bodies.
Neither is it merely 2-dimensional, as we are often wont to imagine. Many bodies revolve at various angles to the planes at which other bodies and planets move in space! Some move in an orbit that almost meets at a perpendicular to most of the system.
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What causes the plants to stay in orbit around the sun?
Plants remain in orbit around the sun, like all other objects in the solar system, due to the gravitational force exerted by the sun. This force keeps them moving in a circular or elliptical path around the sun. The balance between the gravitational force of the sun and the plants' inertia keeps them in orbit.
What force keeps the moon in orbits around earth?
The force that keeps the Moon in orbit around Earth is gravity. Gravity is the force of attraction between two objects with mass, and it is what keeps celestial bodies like the Moon in orbit around larger bodies like the Earth.
What keeps all of the planets in its orbit?
The gravitational force exerted by the Sun keeps all the planets in their orbits. This force balances the planets' tendency to move in a straight line and keeps them moving in elliptical orbits around the Sun.
How does the sun stay in orbit around the sun?
The Sun's gravity keeps the Earth (and all the planets) in orbit around it. Yes, but obviously there's more to it or the planet would go into the Sun. It is the Earth's orbital velocity ( technically known as its tangential velocity) which, together with the force of gravity, keeps the Earth in orbit.
Which force keeps the members of solar system bound to the sun?
The force is gravity. Gravity is the force of attraction between two objects with mass, and the sun's gravitational pull keeps the members of the solar system bound to it, causing them to orbit around the sun.
What causes the plants to stay in orbit around the sun?
Plants remain in orbit around the sun, like all other objects in the solar system, due to the gravitational force exerted by the sun. This force keeps them moving in a circular or elliptical path around the sun. The balance between the gravitational force of the sun and the plants' inertia keeps them in orbit.
What are forces that keep the moon in orbit around the earth?
Gravity keeps planets in orbit as it spins it creates gravity and gravitational pull keeps the a lined
What force keeps the moon in orbits around earth?
The force that keeps the Moon in orbit around Earth is gravity. Gravity is the force of attraction between two objects with mass, and it is what keeps celestial bodies like the Moon in orbit around larger bodies like the Earth.
What keeps all of the planets in its orbit?
The gravitational force exerted by the Sun keeps all the planets in their orbits. This force balances the planets' tendency to move in a straight line and keeps them moving in elliptical orbits around the Sun.
What keeps the planets in the solar system in orbit around the sun?
The Sun's strong gravity keeps all the planets in orbit around it.
What type of force provided by the suns gravity keeps the planets in orbit?
the gravititonal pull does; it is what keeps all the planet in the suns orbit xx
What hold the planet in orbit around the sun?
The planets orbit the Sun because of the force of gravity that keeps them there. Without gravity they would all move in straight lines.
What do all the planets follow as they rotate around the sun?
The gravatiational pull. They orbit around the sun.
How does the sun stay in orbit around the sun?
The Sun's gravity keeps the Earth (and all the planets) in orbit around it. Yes, but obviously there's more to it or the planet would go into the Sun. It is the Earth's orbital velocity ( technically known as its tangential velocity) which, together with the force of gravity, keeps the Earth in orbit.
What force keeps the moons of Jupiter in orbit around the planet?
The moons stay in orbit around Jupiter by the force of gravity.
Which force keeps the members of solar system bound to the sun?
The force is gravity. Gravity is the force of attraction between two objects with mass, and the sun's gravitational pull keeps the members of the solar system bound to it, causing them to orbit around the sun.
What planet do all the planets evolve around?
I am not familiar with planets evolving around any singular planet. If you are referring to orbit, the planets orbit the sun, a star, not a planet, in our solar system. Some planets have moons in their orbit.
