A binary star system has two stars, each with the same mass as our Sun, separated by d = 9.00 × 1014 m. A comet is very far away and essentially at rest. Slowly but surely, gravity pulls the comet toward the stars. Suppose the comet travels along a straight line that passes through the midpoint between the two stars.

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