Question

which of the following statements best describes Kepler's law of ellipses? Each planet orbits the sun in an elliptical shape with the sun at one of the ellipse's two focal points. An ellipse has two focal points. The sun is at one focal point of an ellipse. The other focal point is the planet that orbits the sun. The planets orbit the sun in a perfect circle. The sun is an elliptical shape. Planets must orbit the sun in an elliptical shape because an ellipse has two focal points.

Answer 1

Each planet orbits the sun in an elliptical shape with the sun at one of the ellipse's two focal points

Step-by-step explanation:

According to Kepler's laws of planetary motion, the planets revolve about the Sun in elliptical paths. The Sun lies at one of the foci of this ellipse. This is the Kepler's law of ellipses.

The eccentricity of the paths is small and thus, can be considered to be nearly circular paths.

There is no object at the other focal point.

Answer 2

The correct answer is Each planet orbits the sun in an elliptical shape with the sun at one of the ellipse's two focal points. Having the other focal point empty.