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What might happen to the objects orbiting the Sun if the gravity of the Sun was decreased by half

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What might happen to the objects orbiting the Sun if the gravity of the Sun was decreased by half?
All objects that orbit the Sun would be released from the Sun’s gravitational pull, and they would all drift off into open space.
The objects closest to the Sun would stay in orbit around the Sun, though possibly in a different path or distance from the Sun. While the objects further away from the Sun would drift off in a straight line into open space.
Objects further away from the Sun would stay in an elliptical orbit. The objects closer to the Sun would lose their orbit and drift in a straight line out into space.
All objects that orbit the Sun would be pulled in closer to the Sun to make up the difference in the new gravitational pull.




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  1. If the gravity of the Sun was decreased by half, the correct outcome would be that all objects that orbit the Sun would drift off into open space. This is because the gravitational pull would no longer be strong enough to keep those objects in their orbits. Objects that were once held in stable orbits would not have the required gravitational force to maintain those paths, leading them to move away in straight lines instead of continuing their orbits.

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