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Observe the given figure showing the orbit of a planet moving around the Sun and write the three laws related to it:
The orbit of a planet moving around the Sun
State the laws related to the given diagram:
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Solution
- Kepler’s first law: The orbit of a planet is an ellipse with the sun at one of the foci.
- Kepler’s second law: The line joining the planet and the sun sweeps equal areas in equal intervals of time.
- Kepler’s third law: The square of the orbital period of revolution of a planet around the Sun is directly proportional to the cube of the mean distance of the planet from the Sun.
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