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Planets follow the laws of gravity as described by Sir Isaac Newton and detailed by Johannes Kepler. ... But not quite... Einstien discovered something years later that will blow your mind if you take the trouble to check it out.
You would have learned a lot more (and still can) by looking deeper.
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Which type of force keeps planets in their orbits and makes the sun attract planets towards itself?
It's called the force of gravity which makes all masses attract one another. The Sun's gravity dominates the solar system because the Sun is so much bigger and more massive than anything else in the s/s.
What shape does the planets make when they circle the sun?
A circle but Pluto (which is not considered a planet currently) makes an oval shape.
Where do the planets get the power that makes them revolve around the sun?
Planets move in orbit because of their own inertia and the gravity of the sun. The sun pulls things to it, and the inertia of a body wants to send it off on a tangent from the arc along which it is traveling. Between the two, bodies will carve out an orbit around the sun.
Why did terrestrial planet move rapidly in there orbits?
Terrestrial planets move faster in their orbits because they are closer to the Sun. Isaac Newton, who discovered the effects of gravity, stated that gravity gets stronger the closer you get to a large, massive body (like the Sun) - and this makes the planets orbit faster than the outer planets, where the force of the Sun's gravity is less. Their orbits are also smaller, so it takes less time for them to go around the Sun.
Why do planets orbit?
the inertia pulls planets out and gravity pulls them in; the force of each of these makes us constantly orbit. There is a long complex answer to this called General Relativity (a theory put forward by Albert Einstein), but in short they orbit because of the gravity of the Sun as described above.
What do you call the force that makes an object follow a circular path?
Centripetal force is the force that makes an object follow a circular path by pulling it towards the center of the circle.
What makes a circular path around the sun?
The planets follow Kepler's law of planetary motion which says they travel in ellipses. A circle is a special case of an ellipse with eccentricity equal to zero. Some planets have elliptical orbits with very low eccentricity, so their orbits are almost circular.
Why do all the planets orbit?
Planets orbit around the Sun because of the Sun's gravitational force, it makes the planets move by its gravitational force.
What makes the planets travel around the sun?
the gravitational pull of the sun is making the planets orbit it.
What is the force that makes your weight change on different planets?
Gravity
Types of torque?
There is no specific type of torque. Torque is only the 'Circular' force that makes the body move in the circular path.
What does centrifugal force do to the earth as it rotates?
it makes us roatate around in circular motions
What causes centripetal force to act on an object in circular motion?
Centripetal force acts on an object in circular motion because of the object's inertia, which makes it want to continue moving in a straight line. The force pulls the object towards the center of the circle, keeping it in its circular path.
What Force can be thought as either a push or a pull as long as it makes the object move in a circular path?
The centripetal force is the force that acts towards the center of a circular path, keeping an object moving in that path. It can be thought of as a push or a pull, depending on the context, as long as it maintains the object's circular motion.
Force can be thought of as either a push or a pull as long as it makes the object move in a circular path.?
Centripetal-Brittany Goraczkowski
The centripetal force that makes the Moon travel in a circle around the Earth instead of continuing in a straight line is?
As the moon orbits the Earth, the force of gravity acting upon the moon provides the centripetal force required for circular motion.
What is the force that can be thought of as either a push and pull as long as it makes the object move in a circular path?
centripetal
