which of the following statements about planetary motion is false? a. each planet would move in a straight line without the sun's gravitational pull. b. each planet moves in a circular orbit around the sun. c. a planet's speed changes as it orbits the sun. d. each planet has a period of revolution and a period of rotation.
Given the options it would be B.
Planets orbit the sun in a ellipticalĀ pattern around the sun, rather than in a circle.
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