Question

Which of Kepler's laws describes the speed at which planets travel at different points in their orbit around the Sun?

A) the law of gravity
B) the law of periods
C) the law of ellipses
D) the law of equal area and equal time

Answer 1

Answer: D) The law of equal area and equal time

Explanation:

Answer 2

D. This says the path sweeps out equal segments of the elliptical path in equal times (picture a wedge of a pie shaped like an oval)