Consider a moon that orbits one of our most distant planets in an elliptical path. The distance that the moon covers each day is
A)greatest when closest to the planet.
B)greatest when farthest from the planet.
C)the same everywhere.
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According to Kepler's laws of planetary motion, a planet moves fastest when it is closest to the object it orbits. Therefore, the moon would cover the greatest distance when it is closest to the planet.

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