ok...put the Earth next to the Sun...the distance between the two would decrease at rate A, given that the two started from fixed positions and moved in a straight line towards each other (yes, both would be moving as, they would both exert some gravitational pull on each other).
Now put a star the same mass as the Sun next to the Sun, under the same conditions as the Earth-Sun system, the distance between the two would decrease at rate B, which would be GREATER than rate A, as the gravitational forces at work would be significantly greater than in the Earth-Sun system.
Now, the only reason that there is a MEASUREABLE difference between the two is because the Sun (and the star in question) is significantly more massive than the Earth.
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my Hindibonics-speaking Indian roommate--"Dawgs, do you have any idea how much bacteria that would take?"
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