CATEGORY: Exploring Space & Planetary Defense High School & University

Three Kepler Laws

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Course Overview

How do astronomers know the positions of planets? What about how they orbit? These questions were answered centuries ago by a man named Johannes Kepler. This lesson explores his life, his three famous laws, and includes some labs to help gain practical knowledge of each law.

Index:

  • Introduction
    Announcements
  • General
  • Who was Kepler?
  • Orbits
  • Views on Orbits before Kepler’s Laws
  • Kepler’s First Law
  • Kepler’s Second Law
  • Kepler’s Third Law
  • Implications of the Laws
  • Eccentricity
  • NASA Video
  • Conclusion
  • Send a Postcard to Space!

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