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Kepler's Third Law

Kepler's Third Law, also referred to as the law of harmonies, is one of the three laws of planetary motion formulated by the German astronomer Johannes Kepler. This law provides a mathematical relation between the orbital period and the average distance of a planet from the Sun.

1. Noun - Scientific Sense:

In the field of astronomy, Kepler's Third Law states that the square of a planet's orbital period is directly proportional to the cube of its average distance from the Sun. It is expressed mathematically as:
T^2 = k * r^3
where T represents the orbital period, r represents the average distance from the Sun, and k is a constant for a given solar system.

Sample sentence: The application of Kepler's Third Law allowed scientists to determine the orbital period of the newly discovered exoplanet.

2. Noun - Educational Sense:

In an educational context, Kepler's Third Law is often taught to explain the relationship between a planet's orbital motion and its average distance from the Sun.

Sample sentence: The students studied Kepler's Third Law to understand how the various planets in our solar system behave.

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