Which statement describes the area swept out by a line between a planet and the sun at equal times as the planet moves along its orbit? It changes shape but always remains constant. It is proportional to the distance between the sun and the planet. It increases as the planet moves closer to the sun. It decreases as the planet moves closer to the sun.

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Damian

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27 April, 13:15

Which statement describes the area swept out by a line between a planet and the sun at equal times as the planet moves along its orbit? It changes shape but always remains constant. It is proportional to the distance between the sun and the planet. It increases as the planet moves closer to the sun. It decreases as the planet moves closer to the sun.

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Kenneth Noble · Answer 1

It is proportional to distance between the sun and planet.

Explanation:

Johannes Kepler was a German geophysicist who lived between 1571-1630 and he proposed three laws on planetary motions.

The second law states that an imaginary line drawn from the center of the sun to the center of the planet swept out equal areas in equal intervals.