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Which statement is true?


The law of equal areas suggests that the imaginary line connecting the Sun to a planet sweeps out equal areas in equal amounts of time.


The law of equal areas suggests that the imaginary line connecting the Sun to a planet sweeps out equal areas, but in a shorter time period the closer the planet is to the Sun.


The law of equal areas suggests that the imaginary line connecting the Sun to a planet sweeps out different amounts of space in equal amounts of time.


The law of equal areas suggests that the imaginary line connecting the Sun to a planet sweeps out equal areas, but in a faster time period the closer the planet is to the Sun.

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AL2006

If it's Kepler's law of equal areas you're talking about,
then the first of the four statements is true.

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The law of equal areas suggests that the imaginary line connecting the Sun to a planet sweeps out equal areas, but in a faster time period the closer the planet is to the Sun.

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