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29 December, 07:14

What is the role of gravity in the solar system functions. Why don't the planets fly off into space? Why don't the planets ram into the sun?

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  1. 29 December, 07:24
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    Answer: Newton realized that the reason the planets orbit the Sun is related to why objects fall to Earth when we drop them. The Sun's gravity pulls on the planets, just as Earth's gravity pulls down anything that is not held up by some other force and keeps you and me on the ground.
  2. 29 December, 07:27
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    I haven't studied this in quite a long time but I will try my best to answer your question.

    Gravity is a force that pulls things towards it and everything has gravity. The larger an object the stronger it's force of gravity and the more it pulls objects towards it. In our solar system the Sun is the largest object (by far) and therefore has the highest gravity. This means that the planets orbit the sun since the gravity of the sun is pulling the planets towards it. This stops planets from flying to outer space.

    The thing that stops the planets from crashing into the sun is that they are travelling too fast. The planets are trying to travel in a straight direction, but the gravity and their speed in another direction kind of counteract and create a "medium" I guess you could call it, meaning the planet just orbits the sun.
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