Gravity keeps the celestial bodies from crashing into each other, along with their velocities, vectors and other planetary orbital forces. A simple explanation is that the sun is a moving target, travelling around the Milky Way Galaxy. The gravity pulls the earth into the sun, but the earth 'misses' the sun so to speak. The result is an elliptical orbit. The velocity of the earth is not great enough to escape the sun's gravity.
2006-11-30 12:38:18
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answer #1
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answered by Its not me Its u 7
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in order for a sun to crash into it self it would have to go super nova, or create a black hole, as for the sun it self all stars have whats called cloistral galaxies , the sun is the center creating a curve in space which in turn cause are planets and all the rest to spin around it, just a little FYI the whole Galaxy is doing what we call stellar drift which means the inter galaxies is moving.
2006-11-30 09:31:41
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answered by matt v 3
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The sun does float around in space, it whirls along like all celestial bodies in our galaxy do, orbiting the center of the galaxy, and the second question is impossible, although the sun may implode in the later stages of its life.
2006-11-30 09:19:10
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answer #3
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answered by Noah 2
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We are held at a specific distance from the sun by gravity.
2006-11-30 09:27:31
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answered by Sarai 2
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how can the sun crash into itself?
2006-11-30 09:18:38
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answered by Anonymous
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