Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
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- Q1The degree of elongation of an elliptical orbitEccentricityFociPerihelionStraight line60s
- Q2A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses and the distances between the other objects.FociEccentricityOrbitGravity60s
- Q3fixed points at the centers of an ellipseEccentricityOrbitFociGravity60s
- Q4When an object orbits the sun its speed increases when it isClosest to the sunspeed stays constantFurtherest from the sun60s
- Q5The movement of an object around another objectRevolutionJohannes KeplerKepler's 1st lawKepler's 3rd law60s
- Q6If the eccentricity of an orbit equals 0 the orbit will be a ___________________OrbitStraight lineEccentricityCircular Orbit60s
- Q7As a planet moves around its orbit, it sweeps out equal areas in equal timesKeplers 3rd lawKeplers 2nd lawKeplers 1st lawFalse60s
- Q8Each planet orbits the sun in an ellipse with the sun at one focus.Keplers 1st lawKeplers 3rd lawKeplers 2nd law60s
- Q9The square of the orbital period is proportional to the cube of the planets average distance from the sun. In other words the further away from the sun or focus, the longer it takes to orbit the sunKepler's 3rd lawKeplers 1st lawKeplers 2nd law60s
- Q10A German astronomer and mathematician who made discoveries about the motions of planetsHubbleKeplerGalileoPtolemy60s
- Q11If an orbit is around the sun, one of the foci has to be theearthnothingSunmoon60s