Enunciate the Kepler's Laws.
Kepler's first law: the orbit of every planet is an ellipse wth the Sun at one of the two foci.
Kepler's second law: a line joining a planet and the Sun sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time.
Kepler's third law: the square of the orbital period of a planet is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit.
P2∝a3
P=orbitalperiodofaplanet
a=semi−majoraxisoftheorbit
In the case of a circular orbit:
4π2/P2=G⋅M/R3
Misthemassofthelargerbody
Risthedistancebetweenthecentresofthetwomasses
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