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The radius vector, drawn from the Sun to a planet sweeps out equal areas in equal lines. This is the statement of

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  • Kepler?? third law
  • Kepler?? first law
  • Newton?? third law
  • Kepler?? second law.
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Answer (d) Kepler?? second law.
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Keplers Laws

Kepler’s laws of planetary motion are three laws describing the motion of planets around the sun.

Kepler First law – The Law of Orbits

All the planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits having the sun at one of the foci.

Kepler’s Second Law – The Law of Equal Areas

It states that the radius vector drawn from the sun to the planet sweeps out equal areas in equal intervals of time.

Kepler’s Third Law – The Law of Periods

It states that the square of the time period of revolution of a planet is directly proportional to the cube of its semi-major axis.

T2 ∝ a3