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4 years ago

How does the sun's gravity and the earth inertia keep us orbiting in the solar system

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<span>Inertia keeps us orbiting because any object with mass has the tendency to resist changes to their direction and speed of movement. Combine that with the interaction of the gravitational attraction of the sun, and that is what keeps Earth in orbit. The sunâ€™s gravitational force is one that is proportional to Earthâ€™s mass, and it acts in a way that is almost exactly perpendicular to Earthâ€™s motion. This keeps Earth from spinning into the sun or far away from it.</span>

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