1.33 explain that gravitational force

1.33 explain that gravitational force

  • causes moons to orbit planets
  • causes the planets to orbit the sun
  • causes artificial satellites to orbit the Earth
  • causes comets to orbit the sun

Planets are held in orbit by the gravitional pull of the Sun. Similarly comets orbit the sun and moons and satellites orbit the planet. It is the gravitional attraction between this mass and each of the planets that holds the Solar System together and causes the planets to follow their curved paths.