If t 1 is the time taken by the planet to travel along ACB and t 2 the time along BDA, then

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If t 1 ​ is the time taken by the planet to travel along ACB and t 2 ​ the time along BDA, then

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Kepler's second law: equal areas are swept in equal times. The arc ACB lies on the side away from the sun's focus, so the area swept about the sun along ACB exceeds that along BDA.

$t_{1} > t_{2}$

Ans. (B)

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