Afon Gerontius

-Planets move in an elliptical...
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Afon Gerontius

-Planets move in an elliptical orbit around the Sun - this is due to the gravitational field of the Sun. Thus, we are talking about the continuous

"fall"

of the planets to the heavenly body. The fact is that objects remain at rest or move uniformly and in a straight line only if no force acts on them.

Afon tried to explain to one of the students, but he didn't seem to understand anything. Afon sighed heavily and asked:

-Does anyone else have any questions?