what holds the earth in its place and what forces it to rotate around itself at specific degree?

Answer 1

The earth is held in its orbit by the gravitational attraction of the sun. The specific tilt of the earth's axis is just a matter of chance.

Answer 2

The gravity created by the Sun and Earth's mass keeps the Earth in orbit around the Sun. Nobody knows for sure why the Earth rotates on a tilted axis. One idea is that the Earth was hit by something (little planet, big asteroid, or comet) a long time ago, and that knocked the Earth off a straight vertical axis.

Answer 3

well gravity keeps the earth in orbit around the sun, its own motion keeps it from falling into the sun. it rotates about tis axis and stays that way simply because the forces acting on it have not caused it to move any other way. eventually its rotation will decrease. but for the time being nothing is going to change that degree.

Answer 4

The gravity of other massive bodies holds the earth in place and a theory for the Earth being turning around at a specific degee is that an asteriod long time ago knocked it off balance.

Answer 5

In what place? the Earth is falling like a bullet, lets see...
the Earth at the equator is rotating at 1,000 mph and moves around the sun at nearly 67,000 mph, our solar system rotates around the center of our galaxy (Milky Way) at 490,000 mph and our galaxy is moving toward the constellation called Leo at a speed of 14,625 mph. This movement also contribute to the earth rotation. So my friend grab your pants and hold tight because we are flying fast.