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Suppose the sun were to suddenly disappear. what would happen to the orbital path of earth

Suppose the sun were to suddenly disappear. what would happen to the orbital path of earth
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Suppose the sun were to suddenly disappear. what would happen to the orbital path of earth

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the earth will start moving tangentially to its previous orbit due to lack of centripetal force which was being provided by the sun's gravitational pull.

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It would follow a path perpendicular to the radius of its current orbit
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