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What keeps all planets, dwarf planets, asteroids, comets and other bodies bound to the solar system?

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Their shape
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Their colour
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Gravitational pull from the Sun
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Their size
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Solution

The correct option is C Gravitational pull from the Sun
All planets, dwarf planets, asteroids, comets and other bodies of our solar system revolve and hence have a tendency to move away from the Sun.
The gravitational pull from the Sun keeps all the planets in their orbit.

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