If the Sun Were to Magically and Instantaneously Be Replaced

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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