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According to Kepler's second law of planetary motion,

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the line joining the centers of a planet's orbit and the planet covers equal areas in equal intervals of time.

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the line joining the centers of sun and the planet covers equal area in equal intervals of time.

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a planet covers equal distances along its orbit in equal intervals of time.

D

area swept by the average radius of orbit of each planet in the solar system is equal.

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According to Kepler's second law of planetary motion, the line joining the centres of the sun and a planet covers equal areas in equal intervals of time.
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