Multiple Choice
The figure below shows a planet travelling in a clockwise direction on an elliptical path around a star located at one focus of the ellipse. When the planet is at point A:
A) its speed is constant.
B) its speed is increasing.
C) its speed is decreasing.
D) its speed is a maximum.
E) its speed is a minimum.
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