Was Newton's DERIVED Version of Kepler's Third Law the Same

question 17

Multiple Choice

Was Newton's DERIVED version of Kepler's third law the same as the version Kepler discovered by trial and error?

• A) Yes.
• B) No. Kepler included the effect of the planet's mass, whereas Newton did not.
• C) No. Newton included the effect of the planet's mass, whereas Kepler did not.
• D) No. Kepler's equation applied only to the inner planets, whereas Newton's applied to all the planets.

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