Astronomy: Kepler’s Laws
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Kepler’s First Law: Law of Orbit
All things orbit in the shape of an ellipse and goes around two focui one being the sun/star.
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Kepler’s Second Law: Law of Equal Areas
Things move faster when closer to the sun which is called Perihelion. Things move slower the farther away they are from the sun called Aphelion.
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Kepler’s Third Law: Law of Harmony
The amount of time it takes to orbit is dependent on the size of the orbit/ellipse.
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Extra Notes:
Things in an orbit will take the same amount of time. But different orbits will take different amounts of time.
Kepler’s Second Law v. Kepler’s Third Law
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