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While researching a topic, a student has taken
the following notes:
• Uranus has twenty-seven moons, including
Oberon and Miranda.
• Oberon completes an orbit of Uranus in 13.46
Earth days on average.
• Miranda completes an orbit of Uranus in 1.41
Earth days on average.
• German mathematician and astronomer
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) described the
orbits of planets as elliptical in shape rather
than circular.
• Kepler published three laws of planetary
motion to describe the orbits of planets around
the Sun.
• Kepler’s laws also apply to the elliptical orbits
of natural satellites (e.g.. moons).
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The student wants to contrast the orbits of the
two moons. Which choice most effectively uses
relevant information from the notes to
accomplish this goal?
A) Miranda completes its orbit of Uranus
many times faster than Oberon does.
B) Kepler’s three laws of planetary motion
describe the orbits of planets and natural
satellites, including those of Oberon and
Miranda.
C) Oberon’s orbit of Uranus is elliptical in
shape and takes, on average, 13.46 Earth
days, while Miranda’s orbit of Uranus is
circular in shape and takes, on average,
1.41 Earth days.
D) Uranus’s moons, specifically Oberon and
Miranda, orbit their planet in the same
way the planets orbit the Sun.
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