-- the attractive force of mutual gravitation, inversely proportional to the square
of the distance between two masses
-- the earth's initial total energy, being negative with respect to the sun, i.e. less than the energy required
to escape the sun.
yes it is.
Saturn is kept in orbit by the gravitational pull of the Sun. This force acts as a centripetal force, keeping Saturn in its elliptical path around the Sun.
It was Isaac Newton who figured out that the force of gravity keeps planets in orbit around the sun.
Gravity.
Asteroids orbit the sun. Moons orbit planets and planets orbit the sun. So you could say the moons orbit the sun. However, moons are kept in their orbits by the gravity of their planet and planets are kept in orbit by the gravity of the sun. So in that sense, moons do not orbit the sun.
Gravity
It is kept in orbit by Earth's gravity.
The earth's orbit around the sun is not round. The satellite's orbit kept it at a fixed altiitude above earth.
The moon does not revolve around the sun. The moon revolves around the Earth though! kept in orbit by the earth's gravitational pull.
The earth's gravitational pull.
By a force called gravity
yes it is.
The earth by its gravitational pull keeps the moon in its orbit. The earths gravitational pull and the Moon's inertia creates a force called the centripetal force which keeps the Moon in orbit.
The Moon is kept in orbit around the Earth due to a balance between its inertia (which tends to make it move in a straight line) and the gravitational pull of the Earth (which keeps it in a curved orbit). This gravitational force constantly pulls the Moon towards the Earth, keeping it in its orbit.
Saturn is kept in orbit by the gravitational pull of the Sun. This force acts as a centripetal force, keeping Saturn in its elliptical path around the Sun.
the moon rotates around the earth. The force keeping it in orbit around the earth aka the centripital force is caused by the gravitational force between the moon and the earth. If the gravitational force and thus the centripital force dissapeared, the moon would fly off tangent to its circular orbit
The planets are kept in orbit by the Suns gravity.