Hewlp ;-;

[Phoe]

WHAT KEEPS PLANETS AWAY FROM DE SUN ? t.T

 

[DrollTheTroll]

WHAT KEEPS PLANETS AWAY FROM DE SUN ? t.T

A secret force.

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[DrollTheTroll]

A secret force.

It is actually not keeping them away but the planets are just far enough away from the sun that gravity doesn't not pull them in. I think?

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[Phoe]

It is actually not keeping them away but the planets are just far enough away from the sun that gravity doesn't not pull them in. I think?

Ty ty ty >.<

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[WolfiePlaysOfficial]

All I know is that the Sun's gravitational force actually pulls the planets towards it.
That's why the planets go around the Sun instead.

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[Ray_Palmer_Atom]

This is what I think:

Newton's 1st law: "An object continues to move with the same speed and in the same direction unless it is acted upon by an external force" (law of inertia)

If the Sun didn't exist, the planets would be moving in a tangential direction (basically in a straight line). The Sun pulls them, well, towards the Sun. Because of the planets' intrinsic velocity (in a straight line) the Sun's gravity only causes them to move in a circular direction, i.e. in an orbit.

So essentially it's because they are already travelling in a straight line.

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[Phoe]

@Ray_Palmer_Atom please just lock the thread
Why not get rid of- because other people could need to find out same thing for homework and they could look at this

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