Kepler's first law of planetary motion implies that:
A) the planets move at constant speeds at all points in their orbits.
B) all the planets move around Earth in elliptical orbits.
C) uniform circular motion is adequate to describe the motion of all the planets.
D) the planets move in elliptical orbits around the Sun.
D
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A) 1/300,000 of a second (0.0000033 s) B) 1/6000 of a second (0.000017 s) C) 1/8 of a second (0.0125 s) D) 1/2 of a second (0.5 s)
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A) twice the original value. B) four times the original value. C) the same as before. D) reduced to one-fourth the original value. E) reduced to one-half the original value.