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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.

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Do all planets move around the sun or around the earth?

The planets that make part of the solar system move around the Sun. The huge gravity power of the Sun maintain all planets and moons orbiting around it on an elliptical form.


What is the reason for the direction of revolution of the planets?

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Magma is hot liquid rock that makes what power possible?

magma is hot liquid rock that makes what power possible?


How is the sun and it's planets are attracted?

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The Maya considered the stars and planets to be?

The Maya considered the stars and planets to be deities or gods. They believed that these celestial bodies had power and influence over the natural world and their daily lives. The Maya closely observed the movements of the stars and planets to predict events and make important decisions.

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What do the planets all revolve around?

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Why do planets stay in their orbit as they revolve around the sun?

The sun has such a strong gravitational field that it pulls the planets towards it with incredible power, however, the planets are moving at enormous speeds away from the sun. These two forces which are acting in a perpedicular angle create something we physist call an "orbit". The planets and moons which revolve around planets have this effect.


Do magnetism of the sun make earth rotate around it?

No. The Sun's gravity is the force that makes Earth revolve around it.when two person of high and low power can pull a rope ,high power person remain constant and low power person can start rotating likewise earth and other planet revolve the sun


Do all planets move around the sun or around the earth?

The planets that make part of the solar system move around the Sun. The huge gravity power of the Sun maintain all planets and moons orbiting around it on an elliptical form.


How can kids change the power of youth?

If children are raised to believe one thing, and I mean their lives revolve around it, they will defend it and pursue the believe and spread it to everyone.


What is the reason for the direction of revolution of the planets?

it's just random _____________________ It is not likely to be random. First, that would mean that only one [on average] in every 256 solar systems similar to ours and with 8 planets would all planets revolve (orbit) in the same direction [2 to the power 8]. More important, according to current understanding, all the planets formed from a huge 'accretion disk' of materials orbiting around the sun. It would be hard to explain that some regions of such a disk could be orbiting one way, and other sections orbiting in another. It is much more likely that the planets are continuing the original pattern of the materials in the accretion disk.


What is is a solar system?

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Why do birds eyes called as nature's wonder?

because they have the power to revolve their eyes in 360 degree


What did Oscar Wilde mean when he said "Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power"?

Oscar Wilde meant that while many things in the world revolve around sex, the act of sex itself is more about the dynamics of power and control between individuals.


How do you use the word revolver in a sentence?

There is also a gun called a Black Power Revolver.


Is Sun gravitational power work on Moon also like Earth if yes then y moon does not revolve around Sun?

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