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A planet is orbiting the sun is an elliptical orbit. Let U denote the potential energy and K denote the kinetic energy of the planet at an arbitrary point on the orbit. Choose the correct statement -

A

`K lt |U|` always

B

`K gt |U|` always

C

`K=|U|` always

D

`K=|U|` for two positions of the planet in the orbit

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