Planets go around the sun in elliptical orbits.The highly exaggerated diagram below shows a portion of such an orbit and the force on the planet at one position along that orbit.The planet is moving to the right.F|| and
Are the components of the force parallel (tangential) and perpendicular (normal) to the orbit.The work they do is W|| and
) At the position shown
A) W|| slows the planet down; speeds it up.
B) W|| slows the planet down; does no work on it.
C) W|| speeds the planet up; does no work on it.
D) W|| speeds the planet up; slows it down.
E) W|| does no work on it; speeds the planet up.
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