Using the Law of Gravitation, explain why the moon orbits the earth and the planets orbit the sun.

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Lorilynn · Answer 1 · 2018-10-21T08:24:30+0000

The gravity of the Sun keeps them in their orbits rotating. Just as the Moon orbits the Earth because of the pull of earth's gravity, the earth orbits the Sun because of the pull of the Sun's gravitational pull.

Using the Law of Gravitation, explain why the moon orbits the earth and the planets orbit the sun.

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