Why earth do not attracted towards sun?

Answer 1

The earth and the sun are attracted toward each other by gravitational force.

That's the reason that the earth remains in orbit around the sun, and doesn't

go flying off on a tangent.

Answer 2

The question is an incorrect description of what's really going on.

Every two objects are attracted toward each other. That includes such pairs as

(me and the earth), (my two dogs), (your car and the moon), and (my left shoe

and the Statue of Liberty).

But the force is strong between some pairs of things, and weak between other pairs

of things. The strength of the force depends on the number you get when you multiply

the masses of the two objects together. And since the earth is the biggest thing around ...

by a long shot ... the number you get when one of the objects is the earth is always

a bigger number than what you get when neither object is the earth. In other words,

everything is attracted to everything, but the force toward the earth is always much

stronger than the force toward anything else, so you just don't notice it.

Answer 3

They are. Every atom of mass everywhere in the universe is attracted to every other atom.

But the force of gravity is decreased by the SQUARE of the distance between them. So two things far apart have a fairly low attractive force, unless the masses involved are very large. So the Sun (with 99.5% of all the mass in the solar system) is the primary attractive force. Mars and Venus are pulled together by gravity - but because of their small masses and great distances, the force is quite small.

Answer 4

Earth is attracted to the Sun by gravity, which keeps it in orbit around the Sun. The Earth is moving at a high speed in a direction perpendicular to the force of gravity, which creates a stable orbit rather than falling directly into the Sun. This balance of gravitational pull and forward momentum keeps Earth in its elliptical orbit around the Sun.

Answer 5

The gravity on Earth is so strong, that the gravity to other objects on Earth get canceled out.

Answer 6

The only reason anything revolves around a bigger object is because gravity is stronger and so is the size. The sun has massive gravity so the other planets would revolve around it.

Answer 7

There is no "why". All of the planets, including Earth, do move, constantly.

Answer 8

Planets don't fall onto other planets or stars because their speed keeps them from falling. If they were to slow down then eventually they would fall onto something they're orbiting.

Answer 9

planets are always moving...