Question

From Kepler’s law of orbit, we can infer that the sun is located _____ of the planet’s orbit.

(a) at the centre

(b) at one of the foci

(c) at both foci

(d) anywhere along the semi-minor axis

This question was posed to me by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

I'd like to ask this question from Gravitation topic in portion Gravitation of Physics – Class 11

Answer 1

Right answer is (b) at one of the foci

For explanation: According to Kepler’s law of orbit, every planet revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit and the sun is at one of the foci.