P2 - Solar System

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Order of Planets

In order, getting further away from the sun;

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

(Asteroids)

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

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Gravitational Attraction

- gravity, or gravitational attraction, makes the planets orbit the sun, and keeps the solar system together

- gravity makes planets orbit stars, and moons orbit planets, etc.

- the pull of gravity on objects gets smaller the further away you get

- gravity is what makes the Earth change its course from a straight line into a circular orbit.

- circular motion is always caused by a force towards the centre of the circle.

- called a CENTRIPETAL FORCE.

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