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How does gravity make planets orbit the sun?

April 26, 2017Astronomy gravity Mathematics Orbit planets Sun

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How does gravity make planets orbit the sun?

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Just like how sattelites orbit the earth, planets “fall around” the sun in an endless cycle. If a planet has enough angular velocity to avoid hitting the sun, but not enough to completely escape its gravity, it will forever fall around it.