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Newton's Laws determined rules to describe the motion of objects orbiting the Sun.
Kepler's laws identified the force shaping Earth's orbit.
The sun is at one focus of the Earth's elliptical orbit
The Earth stays the same distance from the Sun throughout its orbit. chose one
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"The sun is at one focus of the Earth's elliptical orbit."
Briefly:
- Kepler's first law states planetary orbits are ellipses with the Sun at one focus.
- Newton's laws do describe and explain orbital motion, but Kepler's laws were empirical and did not identify the force — Newton later did.
- The Earth's distance from the Sun varies (perihelion vs. aphelion), so it does not stay the same.
Briefly:
- Kepler's first law states planetary orbits are ellipses with the Sun at one focus.
- Newton's laws do describe and explain orbital motion, but Kepler's laws were empirical and did not identify the force — Newton later did.
- The Earth's distance from the Sun varies (perihelion vs. aphelion), so it does not stay the same.
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