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Johannes Kepler's first law states that "The orbit of every planet is an ellipse with the Sun at one of the foci". An example of this is when a space satellite travels around the Earth in an elliptical orbit.

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As far as I know there is no simple proof suitable for this site. You need to know some mathematics including "calculus" and the algebra of "conic sections" .The ellipse is a conic section. Kepler's first law is about planet's having elliptical orbits, of course.

If you really want to get the mathematics you can. Put "Proof of Kepler's laws" into "Google" and try to choose something that suits you. (Don't be surprised if

you can't understand it. It all depends on your education in mathematics.)

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