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The correct option, from the following options, for the effect on the more massive star out of the two stars of unequal masses, orbits of which are shown in Figure
(a) moves more slowly than
(b) moves more rapidly than
(c) has half the gravity of
(d) has twice the eccentricity of the less massive star
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