Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a discovery made by Johannes Kepler?
A) Moving bodies move uniformly in a straight line unless deflected by a definite force.
B) Jupiter has satellites, moons moving around it like the moon around the earth.
C) The orbits of the planets are ellipses.
D) The orbits of the planets about the sun are perfect circles.
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