Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10ScienceP-1 Gravitation5 Marks
Question
Identify the law shown in Fig. 1.7 and state the three respective laws. (Practice Activity Sheet –3)
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Answer
(a) From the given description we understand Kepler ’s three laws.
(b) Kepler ’s law of areas: The line joining the planet and the Sun sweeps equal areas in equal intervals of time. (c) Kepler’s law of periods: The square of the period of revolution or a planet around the Sun is directly proportional to the cube of the mean distance of the planet from the Sun.
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