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Why planets not speed away as they revolve around the sun?

The planets maintain their orbit around the sun because of the gravitational attraction between the sun and the planet. All massive objects have an attraction to each other (the force is proportional to the product of the two masses divided by the square of the distance between them). Planets in orbit are in balance between the law of momentum which makes them tend to go in straight line and the gravitational law which makes then tend to accelerate into the sun.


How does the sun hold the planets in orbit?

The Sun's gravity is trying to pull the planets towards it. But the planets have their own velocities and all the Sun's gravitational attraction is needed to stop the planets moving away from the Sun. The result is that the planets orbit the Sun.


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 supplies does centripetal force needs to keep planets in the solar system in orbit?

Centripetal force, which keeps planets in orbit around the sun, does not require physical supplies but rather results from the gravitational attraction between the sun and the planets. This force is generated by the mass of the sun and the planets, along with their velocities. The balance between gravitational pull (centripetal force) and the planets' inertia allows them to maintain stable orbits. Essentially, the energy and mass of celestial bodies are the "supplies" that facilitate this gravitational interaction.


What keeps plantes in motion around the sun?

The gravitational attraction, between the Sun and the planet.

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What is the relation between sun and planets?

Planets orbit around the sun due to gravitational attraction. The sun's gravitational pull keeps the planets in their orbits, while the planets also exert a gravitational force on the sun, causing it to wobble slightly. The sun provides the heat and light necessary for the planets to sustain life.


What are the advantages of Rutherford's atomic model?

The electrostatic force of attraction between electrons and nucleus was likened to the gravitational force of attraction between the revolving planets and the Sun.


What is the unbalanced centripetal force that keeps planets in orbit around the sun?

The gravitational attraction by the Sun.


What holes our plants in orbits?

The gravitational attraction from our Sun holds the planets in orbit.


Why do the planets circle the sun?

Planets orbit the Sun due to the gravitational pull between them. This gravitational force keeps the planets in their elliptical paths around the Sun. It is a balance between the planets' inertia wanting to move forward and the Sun's gravitational force pulling them inward.


Why planets not speed away as they revolve around the sun?

The planets maintain their orbit around the sun because of the gravitational attraction between the sun and the planet. All massive objects have an attraction to each other (the force is proportional to the product of the two masses divided by the square of the distance between them). Planets in orbit are in balance between the law of momentum which makes them tend to go in straight line and the gravitational law which makes then tend to accelerate into the sun.


What force is operating between Sun and planets is it centripetal or centrifugal force?

The forces of attraction between the sun and each planet are gravitational forces, and they're both centripetal forces.


Where does force needed to keep planets orbiting the sun come from?

The force is provided by the Sun's gravitational attraction.


What keeps the planets in our solar system in orbit around the Sun?

The Sun's strong gravity keeps all the planets in orbit around it.


Does gravity from the sun reach earth?

The gravitational attraction of the Sun (or more correctly, the mutual attraction between the Sun and the Earth) causes the Earth and other planets to orbit - this is the obvious indicator of the Suns gravity on Earth. Although the gravitational attraction between bodies decreases with distance, the gravity from the sun technically 'reaches' everywhere in the universe, as gravity never diminishes to the point of vanishing completely.


How does the sun hold the planets in orbit?

The Sun's gravity is trying to pull the planets towards it. But the planets have their own velocities and all the Sun's gravitational attraction is needed to stop the planets moving away from the Sun. The result is that the planets orbit the Sun.


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.