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Newton's 1st law of motion states that a moving object will go in a straight line unless an outside force changes this motion. What outside force prevents the planets from moving in a straight line into
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Newton's 1st law of motion states that a moving object will go in a straight line unless an outside force changes this motion. What outside force prevents the planets from moving in a straight line into space?

gravity
meteorite impacts
supernovas
nuclear fusion

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the gravity of the sun is keeping all the planets in orbit

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