Planetary Motion
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Objective
I can model the movement of planets in our solar system and describe the patterns I observe.
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Practice
7 questions
Describe Kepler's first law of planetary motion in your own words. What shape are the orbits of planets around the sun?
Explain Kepler's second law. How does a planet's speed change as it moves closer to or farther from the sun?
Part 3 of 3
Exit ticket
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“According to Kepler's first law, what is the shape of a planet's orbit around the sun? Describe how the speed of a planet changes as it moves closer to or farther from the sun, according to Kepler's second law. ”
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