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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