According to kepler’s laws of planetary motion, orbits of planets around the sun are:

Circular

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Elliptical

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Parabolic

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Hyperbolic

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Solution

The correct option is B Elliptical
Kepler's first law of planetary bodies states that every planet revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit, and the sun is situated at one of the foci of the ellipse.

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