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Planets move in elliptical orbits with the Sun at one focus.

Newtonian physics explains that gravity pulls the planets in toward the Sun but inertia provides the centripetal force to keep them in their elliptical orbit.

Einsteinian physics explains that space itself is warped by the mass of the Sun (and slightly by the lesser mass of the planets) each planet travels in a straight line in this warped spacetime.

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Planets move due to their inertia and the gravitational pull of the sun. They orbit the sun in elliptical paths, following Kepler's laws of planetary motion. The interaction between their orbit and gravitational pull keeps them in motion around the sun.

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They orbit the sun because of its gravity.

They rotate side to side. Some rotate on an axis.

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Well in space people can just come out in space suits and the lack of gravity moves then same with all the planets

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In ellipses, around the Sun (or other stars).

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The planets in the solar system move around the sun, not around each other.

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