Kepler's Law Of Planetary Motion (Noun)
Meaning
(astronomy) one of three empirical laws of planetary motion stated by Johannes Kepler.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- Johannes Kepler's observations of the planet Mars led to the formulation of Kepler's Law of Planetary Motion.
- The most accurate orbital periods and distances from the Sun are given by Kepler's Law of Planetary Motion.
- In his Astronomia Nova, Kepler laid out the evidence for his Law of Planetary Motion in relation to the orbits of Mars and the Earth.
- Galileo and other scientists made some assumptions and proved the theorems, for instance the orbiting laws for satellites based on Kepler's Law of Planetary Motion.
- Although he failed to give a physical basis for Kepler's Law of Planetary Motion, he established them through the process of detailed observations and clever use of the principles of conic sections.