Why don't the planets crash into each other?

Subject: Why don't the planets crash into each other?

Date: Wed Jul 9 16:49:21 1997
Posted by Sara Abdo
Grade level: 4-6
School: Tam O'shanter J.P.School
City: Scarborough State/Province: On
Country: Canada
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 868484961.As

Message:

Hi;
 
   I wonder, why don't the planets crash into each other,because I know that
they move in the same direction in their orbits around the sun, and in pictures
some times I see the that the orbits are crossed with each other.
 
    Thanks, and good luck!!

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