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Is it possible that hot objects repel colder objects and cold
objects are attracted to hot objects ? This may explain how
the planets rotate around the sun and how moons rotate around
planets. When the opposing forces equal out they find their orbit.

2007-10-30 03:34:17 · 4 answers · asked by Ken 1 in Science & Mathematics Physics

4 answers

> Is it possible that hot objects repel colder objects
> and cold objects are attracted to hot objects ?

That's an interesting theory, but it's contradicted by experiment. Newton said that it's impossible for two objects to simultaneously attract and repel each other as you've proposed; either they both attract each other; or they both repel each other. This has been confirmed by hundreds of years of experimentation since Newton's time.

When we look at the details of how the planets orbit the sun (and the moons orbit the planet), they are completely consistent with the idea of mutual attraction (planet-to-sun, and moon-to-planet, and even moon-to-sun). The details are NOT consistent with the idea of "attraction plus repulsion".

2007-10-30 03:47:33 · answer #1 · answered by RickB 7 · 0 0

Planets revolving around the Sun and Moons revolving around planets, as well as pretty much every other astronomical phenomenon ever observed, is explained perfectly well by gravity.

If opposing forces were equalling out, they would not be orbiting. They would be traveling with constant speed and direction as described by Newton's First Law of Motion.

2007-10-30 10:39:55 · answer #2 · answered by ZikZak 6 · 0 0

How old are you? Have you attended school?

The forces that determine the motions and orbits of heavenly bodies are well understood, and the information about those forces is readily available through ordinary education.

And nothing such as the forces you propose is known to exist.

You will benefit greatly from a basic course in science. Your present understanding is below the sixth grade level. So hop to it.

2007-10-30 10:43:55 · answer #3 · answered by aviophage 7 · 0 0

It is called gravity. It is the Law, obey it.

2007-10-30 10:40:40 · answer #4 · answered by Richard P 3 · 0 0

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