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The Sun is an almost perfectly symmetric yellow dwarf star [spectral class G2V] which is at the center of our Solar System.
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How come the Sun's gravity can hold distant planets in orbit, but cannot rip humans off Earth?
The sun is pulling you up (towards its center) with a force $$\rm F_{sun}=G \frac{M_{sun} × m_{you}}{R^2}$$ and Earth is pulling you down (towards its own center) with a force $$\rm F_{earth}=G \frac … the sun. …