Ranking tasks: Kepler's 2nd law Each of the four diagrams below represents the orbit of the same comet around the Sun. During each segment, a line drawn from the Sun to the comet sweeps out a triangular-shaped, shaded area, which has exactly the same area. Sun Sun Sun Sun 2 Image above are A,B,C,D from the left. Rank the segments of the comet's orbit based on the length of time it takes the comet to move from Point 1 to Point 2, from longest to shortest. Choose one correct statement from the list below. the length of time it takes the comet to move from Point 1 to Point 2 are all same for all 4 situations. the length of time it takes the comet to move from Point 1 to Point 2 is longest for picture A the length of time it takes the comet to move from Point 1 to Point 2 is longest for picture D the length of time it takes the comet to move from Point 1 to Point 2 is longest for picture B

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Ranking tasks: Kepler's 2nd law
Each of the four diagrams below represents the orbit of
the same comet around the Sun. During each segment, a
line drawn from the Sun to the comet sweeps out a
triangular-shaped, shaded area, which has exactly the
same area.
Sun
Sun
2
Sun
2
1
Sun
O
1
Image above are A,B,C,D from the left.
Rank the segments of the comet's orbit based on the
length of time it takes the comet to move from Point 1 to
Point 2, from longest to shortest.
Choose one correct statement from the list below.
the length of time it takes the comet to move from Point 1 to
Point 2 are all same for all 4 situations.
the length of time it takes the comet to move from Point 1 to
Point 2 is longest for picture A
the length of time it takes the comet to move from Point 1 to
Point 2 is longest for picture D
the length of time it takes the comet to move from Point 1 to
Point 2 is longest for picture B
Transcribed Image Text:Ranking tasks: Kepler's 2nd law Each of the four diagrams below represents the orbit of the same comet around the Sun. During each segment, a line drawn from the Sun to the comet sweeps out a triangular-shaped, shaded area, which has exactly the same area. Sun Sun 2 Sun 2 1 Sun O 1 Image above are A,B,C,D from the left. Rank the segments of the comet's orbit based on the length of time it takes the comet to move from Point 1 to Point 2, from longest to shortest. Choose one correct statement from the list below. the length of time it takes the comet to move from Point 1 to Point 2 are all same for all 4 situations. the length of time it takes the comet to move from Point 1 to Point 2 is longest for picture A the length of time it takes the comet to move from Point 1 to Point 2 is longest for picture D the length of time it takes the comet to move from Point 1 to Point 2 is longest for picture B
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ACCORDING TO KEPLERS LAWS

Kepler's Second Law says that a line running from the sun to the planet sweeps out equal areas of the ellipse in equal times

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