Why Don't Planets Fall into the Sun
Paradoxically, It Is the Sun’s Gravity That Keeps the Planets in Orbit Around It, Just as the Earth’s Gravity Keeps the Moon and Satellites in Orbit Around It...
Why Don’t Planets Fall Into The Sun?
Paradoxically, it is the Sun’s gravity that keeps the planets in orbit around it, just as the Earth’s gravity keeps the Moon and satellites in orbit around it. The reason they do not just fall into the Sun is that they are traveling fast enough to continually “miss” it.
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Why planets do not fall into sun?
The planets do not fall into the sun because they are moving too fast in the tangential direction. As they fall toward the sun they travel tangentially just enough that they never get very close to the sun. They fall around it, in effect.
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