In the following interactive students will begin to understand the laws of Kepler regarding planetary motion and derive the third law of Kepler for circular orbits. They will also discuss the Ptolemaic model of the universe.

Concepts

kepler's laws

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Additional Tags

circular orbits, kepler's third law, kepler's laws of planetary motion, openstax, openstax: satellites and kepler's laws: an argument for simplicity, ptolemaic model of the universe, satellites and kepler’s laws: an argument for simplicity

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional