What's keeping the earth in one position? Why isn't it falling?

Answer 1

Technically the earth is falling, but it's speed traveling in orbit around the sun is keeping it in the same plane. For example the rate of fall is exactly the same as the rate the earth is traveling.

Answer 2

There is no gravity in space pulling the Earth downward, so Earth cannot "fall". In space, there is no such thing as "up", "down", "left", and "right". There is "front" and "back" and "towards this star".

The Earth is kept in rotation around Sol, our sun, by the gravity Sol excerts. Gravity is a universal force every object emits. In turn, Sol rotates around the center of the Galaxy, the Deep Core. In turn, the Galaxy is propelled across the cosmos by the original force of the Big Bang. Due to friction, the Milky Way will eventually stop moving through the vacuum.

Answer 3

Inertia. The earth is falling toward the sun the the inertia it has keeps moving it sideways relative to the falling direction. If the inertia overcomes the gravity the Earth will fly off into space and if gravity overcomes the inertia or the Earth looses momentum it will fall into the sun.

Google: Circular Motion.

Answer 4

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The Earth is in orbit around the Sun. An orbit just means it is in a position where its kinetic energy matches its gravitational potential energy - so it stays in orbit because it is moving.

It is certainly not falling in any meaningful sense of the word - that is in the sense that its distance from the gravitating body of the Sun is decreasing - and it is highly misleading to describe orbits in this way.

However, it is accelerating, because its circular (well, strictly elliptical) path around the Sun means it is constantle changing direction and hence changing velocity (though its speed - the magnitude of its velocity, not direction - is the same).

Answer 5

It is falling... falling around the sun. It's called orbit and it's caused by gravity. You don't feel it for the same reason you don't feel like you are moving when you are in an elevator, except at starts and stops. You only feel changes in acceleration and can't feel the earth is moving because it is moving at a constant speed.

Answer 6

Gravity from Sun can keep earth and other planet around to turn.

Answer 7

Suns grvity +It's own motion

Answer 8

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Answer 9

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