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kepler's laws

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables
ke-pler's laws
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The three laws of planetary motion discovered by Kepler in the early 17th century, stating that (i) the orbit of a planet is an ellipse with the Sun at one of the two foci, (ii) a line segment joining a planet and the Sun sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time, and (iii) the square of the orbital period of a planet is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit.

Etymology

For Johannes Kepler, German mathematician and astronomer.

Inflected Forms

Kepler's law (singular)

Phrases

Kepler's equation

Frequently Paired Words

Kepler's equation

Questions

What does kepler's laws mean?
The three laws of planetary motion discovered by Kepler in the early 17th century, stating that (i) the orbit of a planet is an ellipse with the Sun at one of the two foci, (ii) a line segment joining a planet and the Sun sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time, and (iii) the square of the orbital period of a planet is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit.
Where does kepler's laws come from?
For Johannes Kepler, German mathematician and astronomer.

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