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Kepler's Law - Illustration

author: S.Beaucourt/Novapix

reference: a-sys01-10002

Image Size 300 DPI: 29 * 21 cm

Second Kepler's law, the line joining a planet and the Sun sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time. The planet moves faster near the Sun, so the same area is swept out in a given time as at larger distances, where the planet moves more slowly.

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APHELION - ASTRONOMY - EARTH - ILLUSTRATION - KEPLER - KEPLER JOHANNES - MOVEMENT - OBSERVATION - PERIHELION - PLANET - ROTATION - SOLAR SYSTEM - STAR - SUN -