Kepler's Three Laws of Planetary Motion

According to Kepler, the paths of planets about the Sun are

• parabolas.
• circles.
• straight lines.
• ellipses

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Which law of Kepler's states that a planet farther away from the sun travels the same amount of time as when it is closer to the sun (even though the speed is slower farther away than when closer to the sun) due to equal areas?

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd

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Planets orbit the Sun in a shape called a(n)

• circle
• ellipse
• focus
• perihelion

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An ellipse is drawn around two points called

• aphelion
• perihelion
• foci
• axis

When a planet orbits the Sun, one of the foci of the elliptical orbit is 

• the axis
• the perihelion
• the center
• the Sun

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The place where a planet is closest to the Sun as it orbits the Sun is called the

• perihelion
• aphelion

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The place where a planet is farthest away from the Sun in its orbit around the Sun is called the

• aphelion
• perihelion

Where is the planet moving faster

• Position A to B
• Position B to C
• Position H to I
• Position I to J

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A planet moves __________ when it is farthest from the sun.

• faster
• slower

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Which planet would have the shortest orbital period?

• Mercury
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Neptune

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