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Consider the following statements.
1. According to Kepler's first law, each planet moves in an elliptical orbit around the sun, the sun being at one of the foci of the ellipse.
2. According to Kepler's Second Law, the radius vector of any planet relative to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal times, that is the areal velocity of the radius vector of the planet is constant.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements.
1. According to Kepler's first law, each planet moves in an elliptical orbit around the sun, the sun being at one of the foci of the ellipse.
2. According to Kepler's Second Law, the radius vector of any planet relative to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal times, that is the areal velocity of the radius vector of the planet is constant.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Correct Answer Both 1 and 2

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Consider the following statements- 1. Every planet moves around the earth in an elliptical orbit with the earth at one of the foci. 2. The line joining the sun to the planet sweeps out equal areas in equal intervals of time. i.e. areal velocity is constant. 3. The square of the period of revolution (T) of any planet around the sun is directly proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of the orbit Which of the following statement is INCORRECT?
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If the 'Mercury planet' is called 'Uranus planet', 'Uranus planet' is called 'Jupiter planet', 'Jupiter planet' is called 'Mars planet', 'Mars planet' is called 'Earth planet', 'Earth planet' is called 'Saturn planet', 'Saturn planet' is called 'Venus planet', and 'Venus planet' is called 'Pluto planet', then on which planet do we live?
It is known to us that a planet revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit with the sun at one of the foci. If the point in the orbit nearest to the sun is called the perihelion and the point farthest from the sun is called the aphelion, which of the following statement is correct? 
Simplify the value of $$\frac{{{\text{0}}{\text{.9}} \times {\text{0}}{\text{.9}} \times {\text{0}}{\text{.9 + 0}}{\text{.2}} \times {\text{0}}{\text{.2}} \times {\text{0}}{\text{.2 + 0}}{\text{.3}} \times {\text{0}}{\text{.3}} \times {\text{0}}{\text{.3}} - {\text{3}} \times 0.9 \times {\text{0}}{\text{.2}} \times {\text{0}}{\text{.3}}}}{{{\text{0}}{\text{.9}} \times {\text{0}}{\text{.9 + 0}}{\text{.2}} \times {\text{0}}{\text{.2 + 0}}{\text{.3}} \times {\text{0}}{\text{.3}} - 0.9 \times {\text{0}}{\text{.2}} - {\text{0}}{\text{.2}} \times {\text{0}}{\text{.3}} - 0.3 \times 0.9}} = ?$$
$$\frac{{38 \times 38 \times 38 + 34 \times 34 \times 34 + 28 \times 28 \times 28 - 38 \times 34 \times 84}}{{38 \times 38 + 34 \times 34 + 28 \times 28 - 38 \times 34 - 34 \times 28 - 38 \times 28}}$$            is equal to = ?
Planets revolve around the Sun in elliptical orbits. One of the foci of the elliptical orbit is the
Consider the following statements.
1. The time period of satellite does not depend on the radius of the orbit.
2. The orbital velocity is inversely proportional to the square root of the radius of the orbit.
3. The orbital velocity of a satellite increases with the radius of the orbit.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Which of the following is not one of Kepler's rules for planetary bodies? A. A planet's orbit is an ellipse with the Sun at one of the two center-points. B. A line segment connecting a planet and the sun makes an equal area outside during equal intervals of time. C. The square of the orbital period of a planet is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit. D. The orbital period depends on the mass of the planet