From Kepler’s law of orbit, we can infer that the sun is located _____ of the planet’s orbit.

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From Kepler’s law of orbit, we can infer that the sun is located _____ of the planet’s orbit.
 
(a) at the centre
 
(b) at one of the foci
 
(c) at both foci
 
(d) anywhere along the semi-minor axis
 
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Editor">Editor Staff answered 1 year ago

Right answer is (b) at one of the foci
 
For explanation: According to Kepler’s law of orbit, every planet revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit and the sun is at one of the foci.