Question R12 Q21 - NSB MS 2014

Kepler's laws of planetary motion describe the path of two objects, one orbiting the other, as which of the following?

W) Hyperbolic with the Sun at one extreme end from the object

X) Spherical with the Sun at a radial distance from the object

Y) A figure eight with the Sun and the object intersecting periodically

Z) Elliptical with the Sun at one of the foci

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