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July 25, 2022 11:43 am at 11:43 am
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ubiquitin
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“so why does not the enormous gravitational pull of the sun dislodge the earth from being stationary in the center?”
Because the momentum and velocity pull it away. The sun keeps the earth in orbit.
IF not fur the sun the earth would be moving through space in a straight line, the sun pulls the earth towards it. The result of the two forces is Earth moving around the sun.