Which of the Following Best Describes What Would Happen If

question 94

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 (for unexplained reason) to appear in your home town?

• A)It would crash into Earth, throwing vast amounts of dust into the atmosphere that, in turn, would cool the Earth; this is probably what caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
• B)The combined mass of Earth and the neutron star would cause the neutron star to collapse into a black hole.
• C)The entire Earth would end up as a thin layer, about 1 cm thick, over the surface of the neutron star.
• D)It would rapidly sink to the center of Earth.

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