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Kepler's____ of planetary motion states that the planets have an elliptical orbit, with the Sun at one focal point of the ellipse.

a. 1st law
b. 2nd law
c. 3rd law

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Kepler's__1st law__ of planetary motion states that the planets have an elliptical orbit, with the Sun at one focal point of the ellipse.

a.) 1st law
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Kepler's laws were enunciated to model in a mathematical way the movement of the planets in their respective orbits around the Sun.

There are three laws of Kepler.

In particular, Kepler's first law states the following:

"All the planets move around the Sun describing elliptical orbits, the Sun is in one of the foci of the ellipse."

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Kepler's 1st law of planetary motion states that the planets have an elliptical orbit, with the Sun at one focal point of the ellipse.

a. 1st law

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