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Why doesn't the sun pull us off the earth?

a
It is too big
b
Its gravity is too weak
c
It is too far away
d
It is too bright

User Alonisser
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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

The Earth is always being pulled towards the Sun by gravity.

The Earth is not moving fast enough to "escape" the Sun's gravity and leave the solar system, but it is going too fast to be pulled into the Sun. Therefore, it keeps going around and around - orbiting the Sun.

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