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The gravitational force between Earth and the Sun is a two way force. Both the planet and the Sun attract each other. However, Earth revolves around the Sun rather than the Sun revolving around Earth. What best explain this?

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the sun has a greater mass then the earrth
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Answer:

  • Planets move around the Sun:

Just because due to difference in mass,m. The Sun posses more gravitational power,G and exerts a force,F(g) on the planets to move around it. As the planets do not fall into the star, as they also have a movement upon there very position or spot.

Step-by-step explanation:

  • Mass,m of the Celestial objects:

There are a number of objects inside the solar system, as the planets, satellites and the Star which is obviously the red giant known as the Sun varies in there mass,m. As the value of the mass,m contributes in creating the amount of gravitational force,G acting on one another.

So, the planets posses an amount of mass in it and contributes to creating the intensity of force that it posses while interacting with one another inside the solar system. While the planet has less weight as compared to the Sun so, they have less gravitational pull with them, but they don't fall into the star just because they also moves side ways in the orbit.

The gravitational force between Earth and the Sun is a two way force. Both the planet-example-1
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