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This webpage describes and explains Kepler's Laws of Orbital Motion. It uses an animation to demonstrate Kepler's three Laws with brief explanations included. Users may select the different laws.
This is part of the How Things Fly website and includes a "Did You Know" fact, a quiz question, the answer to a student question, and a tool for students to submit questions.
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Author: Richard Piccioni I'm not sure the word "because" is especially well-chosen here, relating speed to the strength of the gravitational force.
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<a href="https://psrc.aapt.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=12970">Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. How Things Fly: Kepler's Laws of Orbital Motion. Washington: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, May 30, 2013.</a>
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(Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, 2012), WWW Document, (http://howthingsfly.si.edu/flight-dynamics/kepler%E2%80%99s-laws-orbital-motion).
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How Things Fly: Kepler's Laws of Orbital Motion (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, 2012), <http://howthingsfly.si.edu/flight-dynamics/kepler%E2%80%99s-laws-orbital-motion>.
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How Things Fly: Kepler's Laws of Orbital Motion. (2013, May 30). Retrieved November 12, 2024, from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: http://howthingsfly.si.edu/flight-dynamics/kepler%E2%80%99s-laws-orbital-motion
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. How Things Fly: Kepler's Laws of Orbital Motion. Washington: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, May 30, 2013. http://howthingsfly.si.edu/flight-dynamics/kepler%E2%80%99s-laws-orbital-motion (accessed 12 November 2024).
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How Things Fly: Kepler's Laws of Orbital Motion. Washington: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, 2012. 30 May 2013. 12 Nov. 2024 <http://howthingsfly.si.edu/flight-dynamics/kepler%E2%80%99s-laws-orbital-motion>.
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