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Kepler's Second Law
Johannes Kepler's first law states that a planet has an elliptical orbit with the Sun at one of the foci. His second law states that a line drawn from the Sun to the planet will sweep out equal areas in equal times.
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Jeff Bryant
Suggested by:
Stephen Wolfram
Additional contributions by:
Oleksandr Pavlyk
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Jeff Bryant
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Additional contributions by:
Oleksandr Pavlyk
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