SOLAR SYSTEM

UNIVERSE

SOLAR STRUCTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Choose the answer that best completes the sentences. Planets revolve around the Sun ____
A
in ellipses
B
in perfect circles
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mercury-Venus-Earth-Mars-Jupiter-Saturn-Uranus-Neptune. So, as the orbital length increases when we move from closest to farthest from the Sun, the period or revolution also increases.

Detailed explanation-2: -Orbits are eliptical because of Newtons Law of Gravity (bodies attract each other in proportion to their mass and inversly proportional to the square of the distance between them).

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