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The same way all other moons and satellites stay in orbit – thanks to the balance between gravity and the moon’s own inertia. Gravity tries to pull the moons to the planet, but their inertia tries to keep them going in a straight line. The result is that the moons neither fall to the planet, nor fly off. Instead, they orbit the planet.
