Today we did not have our Physical Science class. Instead, we were required to play around with a simulation about Kepler's Laws. Kepler's Laws descirbe the motion of planets in the solar system. Kepler's astronomical laws include:
The first law says:"The orbit of every planet is an ellipse with the sun at one of the foci."
The second law says:"A line joining a planet and the sun sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time."
The third law says: "The squares of the orbital periods of planets are directly proportional to the cubes of the axes of the orbits. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler's_laws_of_planetary_motion
I found the Kepler simulation very hard to understand. Reading this information on wikipedia helped me to somewhat understand what was going on. The simulation shows you how the planets orbit the sun. Overall I was very confused and didn't understand the simulation! Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Emily,
Ask that question in class and I can give a further explanation. Also, Chapter 6 in your book also addresses these concepts.
Dr. E
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