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what does keplers second law state?
the paths of the planets are ellipses with the sun at one focus.
an imaginary line from the sun to a planet sweeps out equal areas in equal time intervals.
the square of the ratio of the periods of any two planets revolving about the sun is equal to the cube of their average distances from the sun.
objects attract other objects with a force that is proportional to the product of their masses.
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Kepler's second law describes the speed of a planet moving in its orbit around the Sun, stating that the line connecting the Sun and the planet covers equal areas in equal times. The first option is Kepler's first law, the third is Kepler's third law, and the fourth is Newton's law of universal gravitation.
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An imaginary line from the Sun to a planet sweeps out equal areas in equal time intervals.