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Question
What is the actual shape of the orbit of a planet around the sun? What assumption was made by Newton regarding the shape of an orbit of a planet around the sun of deriving his inverse square rule from Kepler's third law of planetary motion?
Solution
The shape of a planet’s orbit around the sun is elliptical.
The assumption made by Newton is that the orbit of the planet around the sun is circular.
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