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Two astronauts are floating in gravitational free space after having lost contact with their spaceship. The two will:

  1. A
    Keep floating at the same distance between them
  2. B
    Move towards each other
  3. C
    Move away from each other
  4. D
    Will become stationary

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Even in "gravitational free" space far from planets, any two objects with mass exert a mutual gravitational attraction on each other according to Newton's Law of Gravitation (). This small force will eventually cause them to move towards each other.

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Two astronauts are floating in gravitational free space after having lost contact with their spaceship. The two will:
A
Keep floating at the same distance between them
B
Move towards each other
C
Move away from each other
D
Will become stationary

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