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

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move towards each other.

move away from each other.

will become stationary.

keep floating at the same distance between them.

answer is A.

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Since two astronauts are floating in gravitational free space. The only force acting on the two astronauts is the gravitational pull of their masses,

$F = \frac{G m_{1} m_{2}}{r^{2}}$

which is attractive in nature.

Hence they move towards each other.

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