alleryBy the law of areas, the planet to Sun line sweeps equal areas in:
AEqual turns
BEqual orbits
CEqual seasons
DEqual times
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Equal times
1. The second law compares areas swept out along the orbit.
2. Those areas are measured over intervals of time.
3. Equal areas are swept in equal intervals of time.
_Source: syllabus Physics Part I, Chapter 8, Gravitation._
Keep practising Gravitation
Browse all Gravitation questions for CBSE Class 11 (Science), or explore more Physics topics.
Related questions
In an elliptical satellite orbit, the total mechanical energy is?For a satellite in an elliptical orbit, the orbital radius in the period formula is replacChanging the arbitrary constant in gravitational potential energy changes the gravitationaFor a particle outside a spherically symmetric body, the body's pull acts as if its mass wCan a hollow shell shield a body inside it from outside gravitational pulls?What is the gravitational force on a particle inside a uniform hollow spherical shell?What is the sign of the total energy of an orbiting satellite?A satellite in a circular orbit has kinetic energy 5 MJ. What is the magnitude of its pote