Question

What is one factor that helps keep the planets and other solar system objects in orbit around the sun?

a. nuclear fusion in the sun
b. the great distance between the sun and the planets
c. the force of gravity the galaxy exerts on all objects in it
d. the gravitational force between the sun and each object in the solar system

Answer 1

think about the sattellites in the orbit of earth, the thing that keeps them in earth's orbit is earth gravitational force so the answer is d

Answer 2

The gravitational forces between the sun and each object
in the solar system are the one and only factor that keeps
the planets and other solar system objects in orbit around the sun.