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The earth rotates around the sun (see figure) in an elliptical orbit. At which point will velocity be maximum?

A

At A

B

At B

C

At C

D

At D

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A
From Kepler.s second law of planetary motion, the velocity of a planet is maximum when its distance from the sun is least.
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