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What is the actual shape of the orbit of a planet around the sun ? What assumption was made by Newton regarding the shape of an orbit of a planet around the sun for deriving his inverse square rule from Kepler's third law of planetary motion ?

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Elliptical ; That the orbit of a planet around the sun is 'circular'
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