Analysis I. Does your graph of Mercury's orbit support K epleds law of orbits? YES 2. Draw a line from the sun to Mercury's position on December 20. Draw a second line from the sun to Mercury's position on December 30. The two lines and Mercury's orbit describe an area swept by an imaginary line between Mercury and the sun during the ten-day interval of time. Lightly shade this area. Over a small portion of an ellipse, the area can be approximated by assuming theellipse is similar to a circle. The equationthatdescribes this value is area = (0/360 0 )nr2, where r is the average radius for the orbit Determine 0 by finding the difference in degrees betweenDecember 20 and December 30. Measure the radius at a point midway in the orbit between the two dates. Calculate the area in A US for this ten-day period of time