If the Sun instantaneously shrunk dramatically in size but retained the same mass, what would happen to the Earth?

A) Earth's orbit would be unchanged.
B) Earth would gradually spiral into the shrunken Sun.
C) Earth would be ejected from the solar system.
D) Earth would be rapidly sucked into the shrunken Sun.


A) Earth's orbit would be unchanged.

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GIVEN

FIND
The temperature distribution along the web and the plot the results
ASSUMPTIONS
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The beam has reached steady state conditions
One dimensional through the web
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