If the Sun Were to Magically and Instantaneously Be Replaced

question 4

Multiple Choice

If the Sun were to magically and instantaneously be replaced by a 1 solar mass black hole, what would happen to the Earth's orbit?

• A) It would be unchanged.
• B) It would be much smaller, but its shape would be unchanged.
• C) It would be at the same distance from the Sun, but would be much more eccentric.
• D) It would be much larger, but its shape would be unchanged.
• E) The Earth would be pulled into the black hole and destroyed.

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