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The law of orbits:  All planets move in elliptical orbits, with the sun at one focus.

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2 The law of orbits:  All planets move in elliptical orbits, with the sun at one focus.

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4 Planetary orbit eccentricities  Mercury.206  Venus.0068  Earth.0167  Mars.0934  Jupiter.0485  Saturn.0556  Uranus.0472  Neptune.0086  Pluto.25

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6 The law of areas:  A line that connects a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal times.

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8 The law of periods:  The square of the period of any planet is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit.

9 Planet Semimajor axis (10 10 m) Period T (y) T 2 /a 3 (10 -34 y 2 /m 3 ) Mercury5.790.2412.99 Venus10.80.6153.00 Earth15.012.96 Mars22.81.882.98 Jupiter77.811.93.01 Saturn14329.52.98 Uranus287842.98 Neptune4501652.99 Pluto5902482.99

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11  Period of Jupiter is 11.86 years  Find its distance to the sun?

12  15 degrees per hour.  With an orbit of 6.5 Earth radii  Most satellites are only 200 km above Earth.  They make one revolution every 90 min.  230 degrees per hour.


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