The statements in the table summarize what Johannes Kepler stated in the early 1600s about the motion of planets. Kepler’s Statements The orbit of a planet around the sun is an ellipse. As a planet orbits the sun, a line between the planet and the sun sweeps out equal areas during equal periods of time. There is a mathematical relationship between the time it takes a planet to orbit the sun and the average distance the planet is from the sun. Over the last four hundred years, predictions based on his statements have proven true. Which best describes Kepler’s statements? hypothesis theory law explanation