Multiple Choice
If the Sun were replaced by a 1-solar-mass black hole,then Earth would
A) continue to orbit the black hole in precisely its present orbit.
B) move into an elliptical orbit passing close to the black hole,with its farthest distance from the black hole equal to 1 AU.
C) spiral quickly into the black hole.
D) head off into interstellar space along a straight line at a tangent to its original orbit around the Sun.
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