Imagine what would happen if Jupiter were suddenly replaced by a black hole with the same mass as Jupiter.
A)The entire solar system would instantly be sucked into the black hole.
B)The other planets and the Sun would slowly be pulled into Jupiter.
C)The other planets would slowly be pulled into Jupiter, but the Sun would be unaffected.
D)The orbits of the solar system would be unaffected (including Jupiter's).

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The mass of Jupiter (1.898 × 10^27 kg) is not enough to create a black hole. However, for the sake of the question, if Jupiter were replaced by a black hole of the same mass, the orbits of the solar system would remain unaffected. The other planets and the Sun would continue to follow their paths around the black hole as they did around Jupiter. The gravitational pull of the black hole would be the same as Jupiter's because they have the same mass. The only difference is that the black hole would not emit light or have a visible surface like Jupiter.

Imagine What Would Happen If Jupiter Were Suddenly Replaced by a Black