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What name is given to the path of a planet around the sun?1. Route2. Milky Way3. Cosmic highway4. Orbit

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 4 : Orbit

The correct answer is Orbit.

  • An orbit is the path of a planet around the sun.

  • Kepler's Law of Planetary Motion states that planets revolve in an elliptical orbit.
  • Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion:
    • All planets move around the sun in elliptical orbits, with the sun being at rest at one focus of the orbit.
    • The position vector of the planet with the sun at the origin sweeps out equal area in equal time.
    • The square of the period of revolution of a planet around the sun is directly proportional to the cube of the main distance of the planet from the sun.

  • Our galaxy is called the Milky Way (or the Akashganga) and it contains about 300 billion stars and one of these is our sun.
    • Planets and other objects go round the sun and make up the solar system with the sun at the center. 
    • Milky Way Galaxy was formed 5 billion years after the Big Bang.


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