Question

a star gathers extra material from a nearby gas cloud, increasing its mass. the orbiting object will
crash into the center object.
escape the orbit.
what could be changed to fix this scenario? (select the 3 that would balance it)

Explanation:

According to the law of universal gravitation, when the mass of the central - star (center object) increases, the gravitational force between the star and the orbiting object increases. If the orbiting object's velocity remains the same, it will be pulled closer and may crash into the center object. To balance the scenario, we can increase the orbiting object's velocity to counter - act the increased gravitational pull, increase the distance between the objects to reduce the gravitational force, or decrease the mass of the central star to reduce the gravitational pull.

Answer:

1. Increase the velocity of the orbiting object.
2. Increase the distance between the star and the orbiting object.
3. Decrease the mass of the star.