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Their speed, their mass and the force of gravity.
There is a force pulling the planet and the Sun together, but the Sun is massive and hardly moves. The planet, on the other hand, accelerates continuously towards the Sun and this is seen in the curvature of its orbit. The planets' orbits are very stable and not likely to change in a few million yeas.
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∙ 11y agoThe Sun's Gravitational Pull, combined with the planet's velocity.
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What keeps the planets in the solar system in orbit around the sun?
The Sun's strong gravity keeps all the planets in orbit around it.
What is a factor that keeps the planets in their orbit around the sun?
Gravity.
What keeps the planets in orbit around thee sun?
Gravity.
Does the sun's gravity keeps the planets in orbit around it?
Yeah
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.
What keeps the planets in orbit about the sun?
The Sun has a powerful gravitational pull. This, combined with the velocities of the planets, keeps the planets in orbit.
What keeps the planets moving their orbit around the sun?
The pull of the Sun's gravity.
Why does the planets travel around the sun?
Because the Sun's gravitational pull keeps them in orbit.
What two forces work together to keep the planets in orbit around the sun?
The two forces that work together to keep the planets in orbit around the sun are gravity and inertia.
What is the unbalanced centripetal force that keeps planets in orbit around the sun?
The gravitational attraction by the Sun.
Why do the planets resolve above the sun?
The suns huge gravitational force keeps the planets in an orbit around it.
What keeps us from floating off into the sky and keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?
gravity?
