kepler's second law

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Noun kepler's second law has 1 sense

Kepler's second law, law of areas, law of equal areas - a law concerning the speed at which planets travel; a line connecting a planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal times; "Kepler's second law means that a planet's orbital speed changes with its distance from the sun"
--₁ is a kind of Kepler's law, Kepler's law of planetary motion

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kepler s second law

Definition: Kepler's second law, also known as the law of equal areas, states that a line segment joining a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal time intervals. This law describes how the speed of a planet changes as it orbits around the sun.

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The orbiting planets follow Kepler's second law, which enables astronomers to calculate their speed at any given point in their orbits.
Kepler's second law explains why a planet moves faster when it is closer to the sun and slower when it is farther away.
With the help of advanced mathematical models, scientists can now accurately predict the motion of celestial bodies based on Kepler's second law.

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