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How are objects in space able to “fall” into orbit?
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How are objects in space able to “fall” into orbit?

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Newton realized that the reason the planets orbit the Sun is related to why objects fall to Earth when we drop them. The Sun's gravity pullson the planets, just as Earth's gravity pulls down anything that is not held up by some other force and keeps you and me on the ground.

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