Why does the ball orbit the Earth when launched from the theoretical cannon of Newton?

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The ball orbit the Earth, when launched from the theoretical cannon of Newton, is option B. it is magnetically attracted.

<h3>Newton's Cannonball:</h3>

Newton's cannonball was a hypothetical situation. Isaac Newton once proposed that gravity, which he believed to be a universal force, was the primary factor behind the planetary motion. In this experiment, Newton imagines projecting a stone or a cannonball onto the summit of a very tall mountain. The body should move away from Earth in the direction it was projected if there were no effects from gravity or air resistance.

Depending on the projectile's initial velocity and the gravitational force acting on it, the bullet will travel in a different direction. Low speeds result in a simple fallback to Earth. The Earth's surface causes the cannonball to deviate from its elliptical route.

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