Gravitational fields Flashcards

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what is kepler’s first law

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the orbit of a planet is an ellipse with the sun as one of its two focii points

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what is kepler’s second law

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a line segment joining a planet and the sun sweeps out equal areas during equal time intervals

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what is kepler’s third law

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the square of the orbital period of a planet is directly proportional to the cube of its average distance from the sun

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