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3 years ago

Explain how the mass of a planet affects the motion of the planet around the sun?

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vodomira [7]3 years ago

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Answer:

The gravitational attraction of the Sun is what holds the planets in their elliptical orbits. So to explain this the mass effects the motion of the planets because the strength of gravitational force depends of the mass.

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