D. Each planet moves such that an imaginary line drawn from the sun to the planet sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time.
This statement describes Kepler's Second Law, also known as the Law of Equal Areas.
Which of the following describes Kepler’s Second Law?
A. The path of each planet around the sun is an ellipse with the sun at one focus.
B. The ratio of the squares of the periods of any two planets revolving around the sun is equal to the ratio of the cubes of their average distance from the sun.
C. An object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will remain in motion.
D. Each planet moves such that an imaginary line drawn from the sun to the planet sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time.
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