According to General Relativity,why Does Earth Orbit the Sun

question 15

Multiple Choice

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

• A)Earth orbits the Sun because the mysterious force that we call gravity holds Earth in orbit.
• B)Earth is following the straightest path possible through spacetime,but this path happens to go around and around the Sun.
• C)Earth orbits the Sun because Earth and Sun are connected by a "rope-like" set of invisible,subatomic particles.
• D)Earth orbits the Sun because a spacetime diagram shows the Sun to be a bowl-shaped dip in a rubber sheet.

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