Question

What does the law of ellipses state?

Answer 1

The law of ellipses is that the path of the planets about the sun is elliptical in shape, with the center of the sun being located at one focus.

Explanation:

Johannes Kepler proposed three laws of planetary motion, which are as follows:

1. The path of the planets about the sun is elliptical in shape, with the center of the sun being located at one focus.
2. An imaginary line drawn from the center of the sun to the center of the planet will sweep out equal areas in equal intervals of time.
3. The ratio of the squares of the periods of any two planets is equal to the ratio of the cubes of their average distances from the sun.

These are known as (1) the law of ellipses, (2) the Law of equal areas and (3) the law of harmonies, respectively.