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?(1 point)

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It increases as the planet moves closer to the sun.
It increases as the planet moves closer to the sun.

It changes shape but always remains constant.
It changes shape but always remains constant.

It is proportional to the distance between the sun and the planet.
It is proportional to the distance between the sun and the planet.

It decreases as the planet moves closer to the sun.

Answer 1

The correct statement is:

It changes shape but always remains constant.

This statement reflects Kepler's Second Law of planetary motion, which states that the line segment joining a planet and the Sun sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time, indicating that a planet moves faster when it is closer to the Sun and slower when it is farther away, while the overall area swept remains constant over equal time intervals.