Kepler's Second Law

Ride along with a planet on a stretched orbit: it races past the Sun and crawls far away, yet sweeps equal areas in equal times. Paint your own wedges, measure them, and see why Kepler's second law holds. Einstein narrates.

Lesson outline

The Law of Equal Areas
Orbital Simulation
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