Which of the Following Best Describes What Would Happen If

question 86

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 reasons) to appear in your hometown?

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

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