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- 1. The orbits of the planets are ellipses with the sun at one focus.
- 2. A line from the planet to the sun sweeps over equal areas in equal intervals of time. This is equivalent to
the statement of conservation of angular momentum.
- 3.
, where T is the orbital period in years and a is the semimajor axis in AU. Also
known as the harmonic law.
Kepler's First Law, Kepler's Second Law, Kepler's Third Law
© 1996-2007 Eric W. Weisstein
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