If the earth weighs soooooooooo much,?

Question

then how come it doesnt fall off lol?

from where does the gravity/force come to hold it up?

:)

Answer 1

The sun and earth both exerts force on each other, with the sun obviously has greater force exerted. It keeps the earth and other planets to not drift away or "fall off".

Answer 2

It doesn't "fall off" because there's nothing for it fall off of, or on to.

The earth is held in orbit around the sun by the combined gravitational forces of the sun, the planets, and the moon.

Answer 3

The Earth is kept in place by the Sun's gravitational pull. If it weren't for the Sun, Earth wouldn't just "fall off" because there's no other gravitational field which can pull it in. The Earth would merely float in space I presume.  

Answer 4

It's mass creates gravitational pull towards the center.  

Answer 5

the gravity comes from the sun. the gravity of the sun doesn't holds it up, but it has enough strength to make the earth orbit around the sun. the sun is very big compared to earth, so it has enough gravitational force to force the earth to do what the sun wants it to do.

Answer 6

Technically we are falling towards the sun because of its massive gravity.   But the pull of the gravity from the outer planets keep us in a stable orbit around the sun.  

If the sun suddenly disappeared we would float away into space.

Answer 7

i laugh so much reading ur question....  

Answer 8

I think you're asking, why doesn't the earth "fall down," like everything ON the earth seems to do.

Ancient people wondered that too.  They imagined the earth must be resting on top of something very strong, like the shell of a giant tortoise, or the backs of huge elephants.

To answer that question today, you should first think about this: Which way is "down"?  You point to the ground to show the "down" direction.  But a person living on the opposite side of the earth _also_ points to the ground.  So, imagine people all over the world, pointing to the ground, and you'll see that there is no single direction that can be called "down."  Really, "down" means, "toward the center of the earth."

So, to "fall down," the earth must fall toward its own center!  But that's exactly what it does.  All the dirt and rocks and water, etc., fall or roll toward the center until they're stopped by the other dirt and rocks and water underneath them.  When everything gets compressed together as close to the center as it can be, the shape you get is a ball.

Answer 9

In outer space, the earth is weightless however, because of it's density, it would require a great deal of force to move it out of it's orbit around the sun.