Kepler's Third Law of planetary motion states that
A) the further a planet is from the Sun, the faster it moves in its orbit
B) an imaginary line joining the Sun and planet sweeps out equal areas in equal times
C) the further a planet is from the Sun, the slower it moves in its orbit
D) the orbits of planets are ellipses
C
You might also like to view...
A 10-V battery is connected to a 15-? resistor and an unknown resistor R, as shown. The current in the circuit is 0.40 A. How much heat is produced in the 15-? resistor in 2.0 min?
a.
0.40 kJ
b.
0.19 kJ
c.
0.29 kJ
d.
0.72 kJ
e.
0.80 kJ
Due to the dual nature of light and matter, either can act in an experiment as if it is a wave or a particle. In which experiment is the wave aspect exhibited for matter?
a. the Davisson and Germer experiment b. Wien's law determinations c. the Stern-Gerlach experiment d. the photoelectric effect
What age does radiometric dating give for Moon rocks and meteorites?
a. zero b. about 6000 years c. about 4 million years d. about 4 billion years e. about 14 billion years
Why do Saturn's rings exist?
What will be an ideal response?