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Uniform Circular Motion

When a planet...

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When a planet moves around the sun,it's
a. areal velocity is constant
b. linear velocity is constant
c. angular velocity is constant
d. all the velocities are constant

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Solution

(a)Kepler’s second law (law of areal velocities):- A planet moves round the sun in such a way that its areal velocity is constant.

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