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A planet revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit. Suppose that the gravitational attraction between the sun and the planet suddenly disappear then the planet would move

A

towards the sun in a spiral path

B

away from the sun along a straight path with continuously increasing speed

C

with constant speed along a tangential path to the oribt

D

towards the sun along a straight path with constant speed

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