Which did Kepler notice about planetary motion that caused him to propose Kepler’s first law of orbital motion?(1 point)

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The distance to the sun varies.
The distance to the sun varies.

The distance between Mars and the sun is constant.
The distance between Mars and the sun is constant.

Most planets have highly elliptical orbits.
Most planets have highly elliptical orbits.

The planets have circular orbits.

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Kepler noticed that the distance to the sun varies for planets in their orbits, which led him to propose Kepler’s first law of orbital motion. This law states that planets move in elliptical orbits with the sun at one of the foci.