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What causes moons to orbit planets and  planets to orbit stars

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Gravity, gravity is the force of attraction that everything has and is stronger when an object has more mass or is closer to something.
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Answer:Orbits are the result of a perfect balance between the forward motion of a body in space, such as a planet or moon, and the pull of gravity on it from another body in space, such as a large planet or star. An object with a lot of mass goes forward and wants to keep going forward; however, the gravity of another body in space pulls it in.

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