Nov 16 2012: Thanks for helping my son figure this out, I on the other hand am not a smart man when it comes to these things. The way his teacher brushed him off was very disappointing. But it sheds a bright light onto why America has fallen behind in the science department. When the teachers don't care its the students and the future that end up suffering.
Again I appreciate you helping him, he was lit up when I came home. Proud to have gotten the answer to his question and even more proud to understand it too.
makes me very happy and proud to see him grow up to want to learn about this stuff and to want to excel at it. He is smarter than I and that's exactly why i push him to study so hard, to not struggle through life as I have. - Dan
P.s. expect more questions from him, as he would like to get a job in one of the astro science fields
Nov 15 2012: Thank you, Thought it was something like that, but dwell too long on one issue and you start to over-think things and then start pondering other things and trying to make it fit into the original question.
Like I said before my science teacher doesn't know much about space and what makes it tick, He does know a great deal about geology.
What erks me is that I believe if your going to become a H.S. science teacher you at least be well versed in what you plan on teaching.
Nov 15 2012: I understand that the kuiper belt has its own orbital structure and gravitational forces keep it there. I also understand that debris in that belt sometimes collide and objects are pushed out form there, causing it to "fall".
I guess the question should have been what keeps us from being pulled into the sun?
Is it centrifugal force? Or am I just over-thinking everything?
Thank you John Smith and Lejan, like I said before it may be a simple question, but my science teacher cant explain it at all, he just says " that's just the way it is" then moves onto something completely unrelated
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Again I appreciate you helping him, he was lit up when I came home. Proud to have gotten the answer to his question and even more proud to understand it too.
makes me very happy and proud to see him grow up to want to learn about this stuff and to want to excel at it. He is smarter than I and that's exactly why i push him to study so hard, to not struggle through life as I have. - Dan
P.s. expect more questions from him, as he would like to get a job in one of the astro science fields
A reply on Conversation: If the sun's gravity is strong enough to pull a comet from the kuiper belt why does it not pull the planets into it?
Like I said before my science teacher doesn't know much about space and what makes it tick, He does know a great deal about geology.
What erks me is that I believe if your going to become a H.S. science teacher you at least be well versed in what you plan on teaching.
A comment on Conversation: If the sun's gravity is strong enough to pull a comet from the kuiper belt why does it not pull the planets into it?
I guess the question should have been what keeps us from being pulled into the sun?
Is it centrifugal force? Or am I just over-thinking everything?
Thank you John Smith and Lejan, like I said before it may be a simple question, but my science teacher cant explain it at all, he just says " that's just the way it is" then moves onto something completely unrelated