A geodesic is the name for
A) the aberration of starlight.
B) one of Earth's magnetic field lines.
C) the solid crust of a terrestrial planet.
D) the path followed by a freely falling object in spacetime.
E) the shape of a body that has mass.

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A geodesic is the path that a freely falling object follows in spacetime, according to the theory of general relativity. It represents the shortest path between two points in a curved spacetime.

A Geodesic Is the Name for