The answer is A smaller fragments will move faster.
Bacteria and Archaea reproduce asexually, by simply dividing a parent cell into two new cells in a process called binary fission.
Orbits are the result of a perfect balance between the forward motion of a body in space, such as a planet or moon, and the pull of gravity on it from another body in space, such as a large planet or star. ... These forces of inertia and gravity have to be perfectly balanced for an orbit to happen.