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Suppose Earth’s moon had twice its current mass. Which of the following

statements would be true?
Question 1 options:

A) The gravitational force between Earth and the Moon would be twice
what it is now.

B) The Moon would change orbit so as to maintain the same gravitational
force.

C) The gravitational force between Earth and the Moon would be half
what it is now.

D) The gravitational force between Earth and the Moon would be the
same as it is now.

User Li Fumin
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Newton concluded that two factors—inertia and gravity—combine to keep Earth in orbit around the sun and the moon in orbit around Earth. Earth's gravity keeps pulling the moon toward it, preventing the moon from moving in a straight line off through space. Hope this helped
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Answer:

The first one think about it it would be twice as much then it was because you have twice the number of moons as before

Step-by-step explanation:

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