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which force keeps the planets from floating off into space? earths gravity the suns gravity the moons gravity milky ways gravity
Planets in our solar system orbit the Sun. The Sun's gravitational pull acts as a centripetal force, holding them in their orbital paths and preventing them from drifting into space. Earth's gravity only affects objects near Earth, the Moon's gravity has a limited local effect, and the Milky Way's gravity acts on the entire solar system as a whole but not to keep individual planets from floating away from the Sun.
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the Sun's gravity