Tamilnadu BoardEnglish MediumSTD 9SciencePHYSICS CH9 Universe2 Marks
Question
State Kepler’s laws.
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Answer
In the early 1600s, Johannes Kepler proposed three laws of planetary motion.
First Law – The Law of Ellipses The path of the planets about the Sun is elliptical in shape, with the center of the Sun being located at one of the foci.
Second Law – The Law of Equal Areas An imaginary line drawn from the center of the Sun to the center of the planet will sweep out equal areas in equal intervals of time.
Third Law – The Law of Harmonies The ratio of the squares of the periods of any two planets is equal to the ratio of the cubes of their semi major axis from the Sun.
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