Question
Consider the following statements:
- The Earth does not move along its orbit at a constant rate
- The Earth moves fastest at perihelion and slowest at aphelion.
Answer: Option C
Answer: (c)The point of Kepler’s IInd law is that, although the orbit is symmetric, the motion is not. A planet speeds up as it approaches the sun, gets its greatest velocity when passing closest, then slowest down again and the earth moves fastest at perihelion and slowest at aphelion.
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Answer: (c)The point of Kepler’s IInd law is that, although the orbit is symmetric, the motion is not. A planet speeds up as it approaches the sun, gets its greatest velocity when passing closest, then slowest down again and the earth moves fastest at perihelion and slowest at aphelion.
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