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Title: If the Sun were replaced by a 1-solar-mass black hole, then the Earth wouldA)enter an elliptical ...
Post by: staedtler on Mar 19, 2017
If the Sun were replaced by a 1-solar-mass black hole, then the Earth would
A)   enter an elliptical orbit passing close to the black hole, with its farthest distance from the black hole equal to 1 AU.
B)   spiral quickly into the black hole.
C)   head off into interstellar space along a straight-line tangent to its original orbit around the Sun.
D)   continue to orbit the black hole in precisely its present orbit.


Title: Re: If the Sun were replaced by a 1-solar-mass black hole, then the Earth wouldA)enter an elliptical ...
Post by: papachulo on Mar 19, 2017
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Title: Re: If the Sun were replaced by a 1-solar-mass black hole, then the Earth wouldA)enter an elliptical ...
Post by: staedtler on May 1, 2017
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Correct :)