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Which of the following explains why the Earth orbits the sun rather than the sun orbiting the Earth?

A. Earth has much smaller mass, so the gravitational force accelerates the Earth much more than it accelerates the sun.
B. The force of Earths gravity pulling on the sun has a smaller magnitude than the force of the sun pulling on Earth.
C. While the Earth is pulled toward the sun with a gravitational force, the sun is not pulled toward the Earth be a gravitational force.
D. Even though the sun is pulled toward the Earth, the force is opposed by forces from the gravity of the planets.

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Answer:

A

Step-by-step explanation:

because like people and earth,the forces acting on earth by people is negligible .

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