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KWilfred

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Why would Earth's orbit be unaffected were the Sun to suddenly become a black hole?
 
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The reason that small planets tend to lose interior heat faster than larger planets is essentially the same as the reason that
 
  A) a large baked potato takes longer to cool than a small baked potato.
  B) gas bubbles form and rise upward in boiling water.
  C) Earth contains more metal than the Moon.
  D) thunderstorms tend to form on hot summer days.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Earth's orbit (and those of the other planets) would remain unchanged since they are far enough away that Newton's law of gravity applies and the gravitational force depends only on the masses of the objects and the distance between them, not on their composition or density.

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