Keplers Law Flashcards
Kepler’s First Law
Planets orbits are elliptical with the sun at a focus
Ecentricity
A measure of how different a circle and ellipse is (1 = not a perfect circle)
Kepler’s 2nd Law
A line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal area in equal amounts of time
A1/t1 = A2/t2
Keplers 3rd Law
T^2 /r^3 constant for any object orbiting a common star
Order of planets
My = mercury
Very = Venus
Educated = earth
Mother = mars
Just = Jupiter
Served = Saturn
Us = Uranus
Noodles = Neptune
Smallest planet in our solar system
Mercury
Largest planet
Jupiter
Biggest planet to smallest
Jessica = Jupiter
Served = Saturn
Us = Uranus
Noodles = Neptune
Every = earth
Vineyard = Venus
Monday = mars
Morning = mercury
Same size planets
Earth and Venus
Two planets about the same size
Uranus and Neptune