Does sun's gravity hold the planets on theirs orbit? And if their is gravity on sun, then do other stars also have planets revolving around them?

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Solution

Planet moves around the sun due to the mutual gravitational force between the planet and the sun, this force is balanced by the centripetal force and planet moves in circular motion.
Sun does not have gravity .

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