Why Do Planets Orbit the Sun ? : āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āϚāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ“āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŽāĻž āϕ⧰⧇ ?


• The Sun has very strong gravity. : āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻŦ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤


Gravity pulls planets toward the Sun. : āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻŦā§‹ā§°āĻ• āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āϟāĻžāύāĻŋ āϧ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Planets are also moving sideways at high speed. : āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻŦā§‹ā§°ā§‹ āĻāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ⧇ āωāĻšā§āϚ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ⧇ āφāĻ—āĻŦāĻžāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


• This sideways motion prevents them from falling straight into the Sun. : āĻāχ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦ āĻ—āϤāĻŋā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻŦā§‹ā§° āϏ⧋āϜāĻžāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āϝāϤ āĻĒā§°āĻŋ āύāĻžāϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Gravity pulls inward while motion moves them forward. : āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāϪ⧇ āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϞ⧈ āϟāĻžāύ⧇ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āφāĻ—āϞ⧈ āϞ⧈ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


• This balance creates an orbit. : āĻāχ āϏāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁āϞāύ⧰ āĻĢāϞāϤ⧇āχ āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώāĻĒāĻĨ (Orbit) āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤



Key Point: Planets stay in orbit because gravity and forward motion balance each other.


āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž: āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώāĻĒāĻĨāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āφāĻ—āϞ⧈ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻāϕ⧇ āϞāϗ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤