Which of the Following Best Describes What Would Happen If

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes what would happen if a 1.5 solar mass neutron star, with a diameter of a few kilometers, were suddenly to appear in your hometown?

• A)It would rapidly sink to the center of the Earth.
• B)The entire mass of the Earth would end up as a thin layer, about 1 cm thick, over the surface of the neutron star.
• C)The combined mass of the Earth and the neutron star would cause the neutron star to collapse into a black hole.
• D)It would crash into the Earth, throwing vast amounts of dust into the atmosphere which in turn would cool the Earth. Such a scenario is probably what caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
• E)It would crash through the Earth, creating a large crater, and exit the Earth on the other side.

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