I will never understand how planets hang in the air

Looking at that picture of Jupiter, what holds it up. What stops it from falling down. 🤔😄

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Space is a vacuum, so there's no air for anything to hang in. Haven't you ever watched a space flight or a show about space, or read anything about it?

Gusman · 61-69, M

@RedBaron All those shows do not tell me what is holding Jupiter up.

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@RedBaron

Space is a vacuum, so there's no air for anything to hang in. Haven't you ever watched a space flight or a show about space, or read anything about it.

Space is not an actual vacuum. The solar system has a hydrogen atmosphere that extends well past Pluto.

RedBaron · M

@Gusman Because nothing is holding it up. What a bizarre question.

RedBaron · M

@Diotrephes There is no such thing as air in space. That's why astronauts bring their own.

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@RedBaron

There is no such thing as air in space. That's why astronauts bring their own.

When did I say that there is "air" in space? I said that there is a hydrogen atmosphere in space. And even though it is extremely thin it still exists well past Pluto. The planets that have gaseous atmospheres have "air envelopes" that extend miles far into space about their surfaces.

RedBaron · M

@Diotrephes I was originally addressing the OP, who talks about planets hanging in the air. Try to be a bit less dense.

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@RedBaron

I was originally addressing the OP, who talks about planets hanging in the air. Try to be a bit less dense.

OK, I will return to the Sombrero Galaxy.