According to General Relativity, Why Does Earth Orbit the Sun

question 134

Multiple Choice

According to general relativity, why does Earth orbit the Sun?

• A) Matter contains quarks, and Earth and the Sun attract each other with the "color force" between their quarks.
• B) Space around the Sun is curved, and Earth follows a geodesic in this curved space.
• C) The Sun exerts a gravitational force on Earth across empty space.
• D) Earth and the Sun are continually exchanging photons of light in a way that holds Earth in orbit.

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