MCQ
According to Kepler, planets move in
- ACircular orbits around the sun
- BElliptical orbits around the sun with sun at exact centre
- CStraight lines with constant velocity
- ✓Elliptical orbits around the sun with sun at one of its foci
✓
Answer
Correct option: D.
Elliptical orbits around the sun with sun at one of its foci
d
(d)
(d)
Kepler's first law,
Law of Orbits : All planets move in elliptical orbits, with the surn at one of the foci of the ellipse.
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