Physics 10pt

a small object placed in the gravitational field of a more massive object will

a. accelerate toward the more massive object.
b. accelerate away from the more massive object.
c. move toward the more massive object at a constant speed.
d. move away from the more massive object at a constant speed.

A. accelerate toward the more massive object is your answer. In fact, even the acceleration with accelerate, also known as the jer.k. The more massive object will pull on the smaller object and the smaller object will increase its speed towards the more massive object.

idk why jer.k is a swear

Gravitational forces always appear in equal and opposite pairs.

When a small object is placed in a position near a more massive
object, there is a gravitational force on each object, attracting it
and drawing it toward the other one.

The force on the small object causes it to accelerate toward
the more massive one.  The force on the more massive object
causes it to accelerate toward the smaller one.

The forces are equal.  But since acceleration is inversely
proportional to mass, the small object heads toward the
more massive one with greater acceleration, and the more
massive object heads toward the smaller one with smaller
acceleration.

When you jump into the pool from the high diving board,
you accelerate toward the Earth, and the Earth accelerates
toward you.  The gravitational forces between you and the
Earth are equal in both directions.  But the Earth has more
mass than you have, so its acceleration toward you is smaller
than your acceleration toward it.