Kepler's Second Law

GPTKB entity

Properties (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomical law
gptkbp:appliesTo elliptical orbits
gptkbp:claims planets_move_faster_when_closer_to_the_Sun
gptkbp:curriculum physics education
gptkbp:description the motion of planets
gptkbp:evaluates orbital periods of planets
gptkbp:has_implications_for space travel and satellite deployment
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kepler's Second Law
gptkbp:illustratedBy diagrams of elliptical orbits
gptkbp:influenced the_work_of_Copernicus
gptkbp:is_a_key_component_of the history of astronomy
gptkbp:is_a_platform_for modern astronomy
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of orbital mechanics
experimentally verified
the study of orbits
research in celestial dynamics
gptkbp:is_a_way_to the understanding of gravitational forces
gptkbp:is_available_in sweeping out areas in a circle
gptkbp:is_designed_to gptkb:Johannes_Kepler
gptkbp:is_essential_for understanding planetary motion
predicting planetary positions
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Kepler's_laws_of_planetary_motion
gptkbp:is_recognized_for scientific community
gptkbp:is_used_in celestial mechanics
scientific literature
scientific conferences
the_seasons_on_Earth
gptkbp:isUsedFor observational_data_of_Tycho_Brahe
gptkbp:legal_principle classical mechanics
A = 1/2 * r^2 * θ
all celestial bodies in orbit
gptkbp:notable_event the development of astronomy
gptkbp:previousName the law of areas
gptkbp:publishedBy 1609
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Kepler's_First_Law
gptkb:Newton's_laws_of_motion
conservation of angular momentum
gptkbp:state a_line_segment_joining_a_planet_and_the_Sun_sweeps_out_equal_areas_during_equal_intervals_of_time
gptkbp:suitableFor astrophysics
satellites and other celestial bodies
gptkbp:taught astronomy courses
gptkbp:was_a_result_of the inverse-square law of gravitation