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QuizMultiple Choice

The Solar System

Question 9 • AZ-Earth and Space Science A (SC301)

In addition to proposing that planetary orbits are elliptical, what other modification did Kepler make to Copernicus’s model?

Answer
A
Planets closer to the Sun move faster.
B
Planets spin in an epicycle while orbiting Earth.
C
Venus has phases due to its orbiting of the Sun.
D
Earth’s rotation causes the rising and setting of the Sun.

Explanation

Kepler added that a planet’s speed changes during its orbit: it moves faster when closer to the Sun and slower when farther away. This is the idea behind his law of equal areas. So the correct choice is “Planets closer to the Sun move faster.”

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