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A comet stays in orbit by the gravitational pull of other planets/ objects in space but pulled to a planet because of the stronger pull gravity.

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what 2 things combine to keep earth in orbit around the sun and the moon in orbit around the earth?

The two key factors that keep Earth in orbit around the Sun and the Moon in orbit around Earth are gravity and inertia. Gravity is the force that attracts the Earth and the Moon towards the Sun and Earth, respectively, while inertia is the tendency of an object to maintain its state of motion. The balance between these two forces results in stable orbits; gravity pulls the objects inward, while inertia causes them to move forward in space. This interplay creates the elliptical paths that define their orbits.


What are the factors that keep the Moon in orbit around Earth?

The gravitational forces between the Earth and Moon keep things together. The moon is slowly getting farther from Earth, however. Ancient humans would have seen a much larger moon in the night sky...


What are two things that keep the moon in a nearly circular orbit around the sun?

Gravity and velocity.


What force keeps the moon in orbit around the sun?

The force that keeps the moon in orbit around the sun is the gravitational force between the sun and the moon. This force causes the moon to continuously fall towards the sun but its orbital motion prevents it from colliding with the sun.


Why is the motion of a planet compared to the motion of a comet?

Both planets and comets in our Solar system share the same thing. The fact that they orbit Sol our local star. The planets orbit in a regular timely fashion in elliptical orbits that keep them about the same distance from the sun all the time. A comet has an elliptical orbit that takes it way out in our system and then it falls back in and comes close to the sun before heading back out again.

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What two forces work together to keep the planets in orbit around the sun?

The two forces that work together to keep the planets in orbit around the sun are gravity and inertia.


What keeps electrons in the space around a nucleus?

The electrostatic forces between the protons and the electrons keep it in orbit.


What are the two forces that act together to keep a body in orbit around another body?

gravity and force


Find out the forces keep a satillite in its orbit going around the earth?

the earth's gravitational pull is just strong enought to keep it in orbit, but not strong enought, at that distance, to pull it back to earth


What two forces keep the moon and all other satellites in orbit around earth?

Gravity and inertia are the two forces that keep the moon and other satellites in orbit around Earth. Gravity pulls the moon towards Earth, while the moon's inertia keeps it moving forward in a curved path, resulting in a stable orbit.


What does the suns gravity attract?

There is a pair of mutual gravitational forces between the sun and everything else in the universe. One result of these forces is to keep the planets in orbit around the sun.


What are the forces that keep objects in orbit and how are these forces affected by distance?

The forces are gravitational forces. They become weaker with distance and mass reduction


What forces does the sun use to keep the planets in orbit?

solar power


How does Neptune gravity keep Neptune in motion?

No force is necessary to keep a moving object in motion. But if you want it tofollow a curve, such as for example a closed orbit, then that takes force. Theforce that keeps Neptune in its closed orbit is the same force that keeps everyplanet, moon, comet, and asteroid in its own closed orbit around its own centralbody. It's the force of gravity.


What would happen if the moon rotated?

It would spin out of earths orbit. And most likely hit a planet, star, comet, or keep on going.


Does the force of gravity keep the earth in its orbit around the sun?

You're half-way there. The mutual, equal gravitational forces between the Earth and Sun maintain the Earth's stable, closed, elliptical orbit around the Earth/Sun common center of mass.


Does the force of earth's gravity keep earth in its orbit around the sun?

You're half-way there. The mutual, equal gravitational forces between the Earth and Sun maintain the Earth's stable, closed, elliptical orbit around the Earth/Sun common center of mass.