• Question: What hold the earth or other planet aligned with solar system and why haven’t they drifted out of place

    Asked by Hardsham101 to Min, Marcello, Katie, Israel, Dheeraj, Aoife on 12 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Marcello Valente

      Marcello Valente answered on 12 Nov 2019:

      The force of gravity keep the planets in their place, just like gravity keeps us on earth.

    • Photo: Min Yap

      Min Yap answered on 12 Nov 2019:

      Gravity keeps everything in place, I would think.

    • Photo: Aoife McHugh

      Aoife McHugh answered on 13 Nov 2019:

      The sun’s gravity holds all the planets in our solar system in orbit around the sun. Just like the earth’s gravity keeps us on the ground here on earth.

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