An astronaut is out in space far from any large bodies. He uses his jets to start spinning, then releases a baseball he has been holding in his hand. Ignoring the gravitational force between the astronaut and the baseball, how would you describe the path of the baseball after it leaves the astronaut’s hand?

(a) It continues to circle the astronaut in a circle with the same radius it had before leaving the astronaut’s hand.

(b) It moves off in a straight line.

(c) It moves off in an ever-widening arc.