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    Undergrad Why do all the planets orbit in the same plane?

    I kind of thought my little experiment with the beet juice and slowly draining dish water was cool. Does it demonstrate any of the principles we are talking about?
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    Undergrad Why do all the planets orbit in the same plane?

    But how could the components be perpendicular if gravity was equal in all directions, or is it just a known fact that gravity distorts space. Crap! It has been two years since this was visited. Will I get a reply at all.
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    Undergrad Why do all the planets orbit in the same plane?

    I have always wondered and figured the answer was taught in physics 201. I dropped out of 101 because the math was ahead of my advanced calc class so I don't know the math or the terminology. Yesterday I poured beet juice into a slowly draining sinkful of water and thought I understood as such...