3 Questions
According to Kepler's laws of planetary motion, which of the following statements is true about the orbit of a planet around the sun?
The orbit is an ellipse with the sun at one of the foci
According to Kepler's second law of planetary motion, which of the following statements is true about the speed of a planet as it orbits the sun?
The speed of the planet increases as it gets closer to the sun
According to Kepler's third law of planetary motion, which of the following statements is true about the orbital period of a planet?
The orbital period of a planet is inversely proportional to the square root of its distance from the sun
Test your knowledge of Kepler's laws of planetary motion with this quiz on problem-type questions. See if you can correctly answer questions about the orbit of a planet around the sun, the speed of a planet as it orbits the sun, and the orbital period of a planet according to Kepler's laws.
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