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Planets stay on their path because there is balance between the gravitational and forces and the velocity of these planets.
First: imagine what happens when you drop something: it will fall down. If you drop it from a skyscraper, it will fall down, but the fall takes time.
Second: imagine a canonball: if you shoot it, it will fall down in the end. But at first, because it has a lot of velocity, the 'force' of the velocity is almost as strong as the gravitational force. When the ball slows down, it will fall down.
Third: each planet has its own gravitational force. If you drop something on the moon, it will fall down, but the 'power' of the moon is smaller than the 'power' of the earth.
Ok, remember these.
Now imagine two planets. If they wouldn't move, like the canonball, both would have a certain gravitational force. They would attract each other and in the end they would collide somewhere in the middle (where exactly depends on the difference between the two forces). So if each planet didn't have a path, they would fall down into the sun, because the sun has the biggest gravitational force. It would take some time (think about dropping something from a skyscraper), but all would fall down.
Now think of a planet in orbit around the sun: if there was just one sun and one planet, if there was nothing to slow the planet down and the velocity was just high enough to compensate for the gravitational force of the sun, it would orbit around the sun for ever (think about the canonball: it falls down when it slows down). It can't escape: the orbit is circular because every moment the planet 'tries to fall down' into the sun and every moment the fall is compensated by it's speed, so it keeps an exact distance from the sun.
Ok, now think of multiple planets and multiple suns. Every planet is exactly balanced between the gravitational forces of the other planets around it, the 'force' of the sun and the 'force' of it's own velocity. If one of these powers changes, there are three options: 1. the speed is stronger than the gravitational force. In this case, the planet escapes from the suns gravity and flies away. 2. there is a stronger planet in the distance: the planet will fall down to that planet (think about the moon, orbitting around the earth and with the earth around the sun) or 3. the planet has slown down so much that the gravitational force of the sun is the most powerfull. Now it will drop into the sun.
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What is the basic set up of the solar system?
The solar system consists of the Sun at the center, surrounded by eight planets in this order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. These planets orbit the Sun in elliptical paths, with various other celestial bodies such as moons, asteroids, and comets also present in the solar system.
What are the planets orbits?
The planets in our solar system orbit around the Sun in elliptical paths. Each planet follows its own unique orbit based on its distance from the Sun and gravitational interactions with other celestial bodies. The orbits are roughly aligned along the same plane known as the ecliptic.
Do moons and asteroids orbit the sun?
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.
Does the sun orbit Mars?
All planets orbit the Sun.
What orbits the sun like planets?
Objects that orbit the Sun like planets include dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, and even artificial satellites. These objects follow distinct paths within the solar system and are influenced by the gravitational pull of the Sun.
Which astronomer discovered that the planets orbit the sun in oval shaped paths called ellipses?
Kepler discovered that the planets orbit the sun in oval shaped paths called ellipses.
Why do planets stay on their paths as they orbit the sun?
Because of the laws of gravity.
Who proposed that planets orbit the sun in elliptical paths moving fastest when closest to the Sun?
Johannes Kepler.
True of planetary movement in your solar system?
In our solar system, planets orbit the Sun in elliptical paths. The movements of the planets are influenced by gravity, causing them to maintain their orbit and follow predictable paths. Additionally, the planets rotate on their own axes as they revolve around the Sun.
The planets aroud the sun move in a path called an?
The planets around the sun move in a path called an orbit. This orbit is the result of the gravitational pull between the planets and the sun, causing them to travel in a curved path around the sun.
What do all the planets follow as they rotate around the sun?
The gravatiational pull. They orbit around the sun.
Why do all the planets in our solar system orbit the sun?
The Sun has such a gigantic mass that it dominates the nearby volume of space.Not all bodies do orbit the Sun; there are comets that get pulled in by the Sun's gravity but then leave the solar system (comest on hyperbolic paths).Many smaller bodies also orbit their parent planets (we then call them moons).What else could the planets orbit around? Part of the definition of a planet is that it orbits the Sun! So planets by definition orbit the Sun! If they did not orbit the Sun they would not be called planets!
Why all the planets in our solar system orbit the sun?
The Sun has such a gigantic mass that it dominates the nearby volume of space.Not all bodies do orbit the Sun; there are comets that get pulled in by the Sun's gravity but then leave the solar system (comest on hyperbolic paths).Many smaller bodies also orbit their parent planets (we then call them moons).What else could the planets orbit around? Part of the definition of a planet is that it orbits the Sun! So planets by definition orbit the Sun! If they did not orbit the Sun they would not be called planets!
Paths in which objects travel around the sun?
Objects in our solar system, including planets, asteroids, and comets, travel around the Sun in elliptical orbits. The planets orbit the Sun in nearly circular paths along a plane known as the ecliptic. Comets and asteroids can have more eccentric and tilted orbits compared to the planets.
How are the planets held in their orbit?
Planets are held in their orbits around the Sun by gravity. The gravitational pull from the Sun keeps the planets moving in their elliptical paths. This balance between the planet's velocity and the gravitational force from the Sun keeps them in a stable orbit.
How many moons do the suns have?
The Sun has no moons. Moons orbit Planets > Planets orbit the Sun.
Does the sun orbit the planets or do the planets orbit the sun?
The planets orbit the Sun. The Sun is at the center of our solar system and does not move.
