Kepler's laws

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf scientific laws
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Kepler's_laws_of_planetary_motion
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:binary_stars
satellites
planets in the Solar System
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
physics
gptkbp:firstLaw The orbit of a planet is an ellipse with the Sun at one of the two foci.
gptkbp:firstLawYear 1609
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Johannes_Kepler
17th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kepler's laws
gptkbp:influenced Isaac Newton's law of universal gravitation
gptkbp:influencedBy Tycho Brahe's observations
gptkbp:numberOfFloors 3
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Copernican_heliocentrism
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Astronomia_Nova
gptkb:Harmonices_Mundi
gptkbp:secondLaw A line segment joining a planet and the Sun sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time.
gptkbp:secondLawYear 1609
gptkbp:thirdLaw The square of the orbital period of a planet is directly proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit.
gptkbp:thirdLawYear 1619
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:classical_mechanics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4